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The Cult of Microsoft

from Ed Zitron's Where's Your Ed At [alt+shift+b] in startups

At the core of Microsoft, a three-trillion-dollar hardware and software company, lies a kind of social poison — an ill-defined, cult-like pseudo-scientific concept called 'The Growth Mindset" that drives company decision-making in everything from how products are sold, to how your on-the-job performance is judged. I am not
1st Nov 2024

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