cats and management

by this guy

I heard a lovely management adage about cats the other day. We're trying to think about how we structure for the long term at work and some of our ideas have been better than others. An abiding concern is that people shouldn't have more than one manager.

As a result of the conversation, I heard a fantastic maxim that I'll probably never forget. Someone at Havard Business School apparently felt so strongly that one employee should have only one manager that he or she decided to coin a phrase foul and audacious enough to stick with anyone who heard it.

The saying is, "never have two people fucking the same cat, because the cat will get confused". Yeah, the cat part and the other obvious bit don't need to be included, but you'll never forget this most important bit of business wisdom will you?