The Office IS the Jungle
Is this a surprise to anyone that has worked in an office environment?
New Scientist magazine set out to see if the laws of the jungle can be applied to the office. After interviewing behavioral researchers and biologists, it concluded that “the office and the jungle are surprisingly similar,” because “both are ruled by stringent hierarchies, they are grounded in the need for co-operation and complicated by the drive to compete.” Thankfully, they avoided using the term “monkey business.”
It’s not what they said, it’s what you think you heard
Tags: communication, jungle, leaders, monkey, office