‘Teamwork! Equality! No more bosses!’ said the ‘50s… and now we have RTO mandates and empty glass towers. Explore the illusion in my new post about Fromm, Beauvoir, and capitalist déjà-vu.

https://philosophics.blog/2025/10/30/the-sane-delusion-fromm-beauvoir-and-the-cult-of-mid-century-liberation/?utm_source=masto&utm_medium=social

#CulturalCritique #Fromm #Beauvoir #TheoryX #ReturnToOffice #books #philosophy #management #culture #psychology

Theory Z - A modern take on Theory X/Y in the positive direction, adding Japanese business techniques. Used in business and schools. #business #theoryy #theoryx #theoryz #positive #school #japanese

Theory X & Y. Never lead or be a part of what Theory X prescribes. It is an outdated theory from the 80's. #theory #theoryx #theoryy #presumption #leadership #business

#TheoryX in practice: distrustful manager demotivates employees https://www.progressfocused.com/2024/03/theory-x-in-practice-distrustful.html

For 60+ years people have found "unbelievable" what Douglas McGregor said: That #TheoryX people do not exist.

For 5+ years people have found "unbelievable" what we in the BetaCodex Network say: That transformation from command & control to Beta can be achieved in just 90 days. We think we are in good company!

http://www.openspacebeta.com

I’m surprised by the number of really smart, well-read, highly-educated people, some of whom read graduate school case studies on Theory X vs Theory Y, that then managed to memoryhole the entire construct and insist on relearning the theory via praxis.

#LifeWorkBalance #TheoryX #TheoryY #praxis

Last week, i found a lovely AND useful distinction in a book by Roland Deiser, between:
- Common sense
- Common nonsense and
- Uncommon sense

#Cynefin is a great example of the 2nd category.
#TheoryX (as described by Douglas McGregor) another.
Do you have others?

#betacodex #learning #thinking #criticalthinking

I suspect there are more #TheoryX types at large #tech firms than people might think

https://medium.com/@jchyip/lessons-from-re-organising-a-lot-220b1e742a4

This is an article of mine about Douglas McGregor's outstanding bestseller "The Human Side of Enterprise" from 1960 and the mind-boggling, profound misunderstanding that has surrounded the book and McGregor's #TheoryX and #TheoryY distinction for more than six decades.
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/mcgregor-paradox-most-tragic-misunderstanding-history-niels-pflaeging/
#betacodex #humannature #motivation #newwork #leadership #futureofleadership #selforganization #psychology #philosophy

So many people are still hooked on #TheoryX thinking.
Problem is: It makes significant progress in work & organizations utterly impossible!
https://linkedin.com/pulse/mcgregor-paradox-most-tragic-misunderstanding-history-niels-pflaeging
#betacodex #newwork #futureofwork #futureofleadership #orgdev #workthesystem #leadership #management #mcgregor #motivation #agile #agility #lean