Today's Linked-In waste product comes from a post I spotted about Wolves.
This chap Jethro Yee who describes himself as an "Organisational Development Professional" has a picture of some wolves with a motivational description about their behavior, as an apparent lesson for business leadership. The (thousands of) comments below the post... are full of "wow" responses and delighted feedback, amazed at how the animal kingdom can guide humanity etc..
Unfortunately, the whole image and its description are bollocks. There is no scientific evidence that wolves behave in the way that this photo pretends. The photos itself and its description have already been debunked in many places before.
Yet, (apart from a few informed dissidents) loads of these linked-in types are so desperate to impress each other with how "networked" and "into business leadership" they are; that they don't even bother to check if something is actually based on evidence.
. . . And don't get me started on "entrepreneurs" on linked-in... Every goofball and his dog is an entrepreneur now. Am I the only person left in the world who is not the CEO of a company or an "entrepreneur"?
Here is the screengrab.
This chap Jethro Yee who describes himself as an "Organisational Development Professional" has a picture of some wolves with a motivational description about their behavior, as an apparent lesson for business leadership. The (thousands of) comments below the post... are full of "wow" responses and delighted feedback, amazed at how the animal kingdom can guide humanity etc..
Unfortunately, the whole image and its description are bollocks. There is no scientific evidence that wolves behave in the way that this photo pretends. The photos itself and its description have already been debunked in many places before.
Yet, (apart from a few informed dissidents) loads of these linked-in types are so desperate to impress each other with how "networked" and "into business leadership" they are; that they don't even bother to check if something is actually based on evidence.
. . . And don't get me started on "entrepreneurs" on linked-in... Every goofball and his dog is an entrepreneur now. Am I the only person left in the world who is not the CEO of a company or an "entrepreneur"?
Here is the screengrab.
