HOW do you Orbit Hairballs?Gordon assumes that all organizations have certain forces, that pull people into the bureaucracy, or hairball, of the company. Once you are in this tangled mess, it is quite difficult to continue to be innovative, creative, and even sane. His recommendation is to orbit it, instead of either entering the tangle, or spinning off into space.
"to find orbit around a corporate Hairball is to find a place of balance where you can benefit from the physical, intellectual, and philosophical resources of the organization without becoming entombed in the bureaucracy of the institution." pg. 33
This feels true for artists and creatives. Most of their ability to continue to be creative and think differently, would be lost if they were "entombed in the bureaucracy of the institution."
This made me wonder a few things:
1. How does this play out in different types of organizations?
2. What are some good warning lights to tell if the orbit is too close or too far?
3. If everybody tried to orbit, rather than enter in, would it still work? Or... is this something that really only a handful of people are able to do in an organization? (or do not creatives even need orbit... maybe they like the tangle)
4. What if you get motion sickness?
