I agree that pg's model for thinking serves disruptive-based enterprises like small startups much better than consensus-based endeavors like a large corporation, a military, or a football team. Groupthink is an essential skill when cooperation is more important to success than innovation. Propaganda and the delusions that ensue from it are how you build teams.
We can't have teams that are composed of both independent thinkers and implementation experts?
I think of companies like Apple, that had a couple of rather...mercurial types at the head, and a large team of highly skilled implementors to realize their view.
I guess what I was talking about, is that we get all caught up in brilliant "visionaries," and forget that someone needs to actually do the work in the trenches to get the "vision" up and going.
I encounter outright disdain for skilled implementors, even though they are just as rare as "visionaries."
Sure, there are lots of people with the correct job titles, a firm grasp of jargon, and a willingness to take money, but it is just as difficult to find good implementation experts, as it is to find good visionaries.
It isn't as "sexy" to be an implementation expert, but it is very, very important.
