A simple way of keeping employees happy but with low self esteem is to create some self doubt in their minds.
Now 40, The Peter Principle resonates even more today, when a lust for accomplishment has led an unprecedented level of incompetence.
While goodness tends to be monochromatic, badness comes in every color of the rainbow.
Surprise: You are the reason why the fat cat in the corner office makes big bucks.
In 1996, Asok, an ex-IITian, debuted as a summer intern in the satirical script that dwells on high pressure workplaces. Scott Adams, the creator, named Asok after an Indian colleague.
And the real world, sadly, is full of lousy bosses
Bosses have played a stellar role in stifling the voice of their junior colleagues.
China is demanding America's best technology as the price for entry into its market.\n\n\n\n
The centrality of idle office chitchat has only recently come to be acknowledged by executives as they jettison their access cards and work from home in larger numbers, notes Kanika Datta.
Walking around InMobi's office, it is hard not to compare what you see here with the images one has seen of Google's global offices.