The one who remains most suspicious of The Organization

[dennisgorelik]

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http://www.ribbonfarm.com/2009/10/07/the-gervais-principle-or-the-office-according-to-the-office/
Of all organization men, the true executive is the one who remains most suspicious of The Organization. If there is one thing that characterizes him, it is a fierce desire to control his own destiny and, deep down, he resents yielding that control to The Organization, no matter how velvety its grip…
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"Suspicious" part is about me.
Not only I do not trust my organization, I do not fully trust anybody (or trust, but verify).

Just today a developer told me that I like to test a lot (e.g. test if product documentation and my understanding of that documentation actually matches with reality). In his mind I test too much.

Now I think I do not test enough.
Consider what happens with organization if it does not have enough suspicious people:


Thanks to Дмитрий Васильев

Comments

[Дмитрий Васильев (from livejournal.com)]

Не было ли это завуалированной жалобой на микроменеджмент с вашей стороны?

[dennisgorelik]

My micromanagement was mentioned separately and explicitly :-)

I know the dangers of micromanagement (I have limited amount of time), but it's very risky to delegate without checking it first.

I try to delegate and with time delegate more and more.
But I would always have to always test overall result, otherwise my organization would loose the way and collapse.