On Management

We are a political democracy, but in the United States, work life is made up of fiefdoms. Predictably the fact that the workplace is not a democracy is defended in the same way that the monarchies were. Through wealth, power, or education, some people are just more qualified to rule over the rest of us. Of course the peasants don't get a vote in who rules them--that would be mob rule and madness.....

I would be curious to know if there is such a thing as a democratic company--where management and owners regularly consult employees. Because that might be a very effective management strategy....