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Mental Model

Mercenary Rule

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Business & Strategy

mercenary rule: if you pay people only for output and give them no stake in the outcome, they behave like mercenaries — they optimise for the payment, not the mission. When...

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mercenary rule: if you pay people only for output and give them no stake in the outcome, they behave like mercenaries — they optimise for the payment, not the mission. When...

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