Sources of Dysfunction in a Company

Shreyas Doshi builds on his idea of three types of work to establish patterns of dysfunction within a company¹:

• When self promotion type work is disguised as organization or production work
• When organization work is not in balance with production work
• When their disagreements about the relative prioritization of production work

1. Doshi, S. People do 3 types of work within companies. Produce: Creating artifacts to serve the company’s external stakeholders. Organize: Creating the necessary structures & processes for Produce work. Self-promote: Creating a proxy for their own competence & impact. A short tutorial👇🏾. https://x.com/shreyas/status/1329330848919810049 (2020).