This post is useful for providing the handles “wizard power” (knowing concrete/grounded/gears-level models on how the world works) and “king power” (leading, managing, allocating, communicating, etc). I also think that the post insightfully points out how social gradients can often harmfully and myopically push people toward king power.
But I think johnwentsworth is wrong in saying that king power is “fake,” and that people should only aim for wizard power: in particular, it sure seems like coordination is an incredibly taught resource (as johnwentsworth himself insightfully points out in his “gears that turn the world” sequence), and that (good, actually-powerful) kings can be exceptionally valuable for coordination.
I also think that there is clearly not a binary; that people can have more or less of each kind of power without necessarily having more or less of the other — indeed, it seems to me that having more wizard power causes one to be a better king (and probably vice-versa, though I’m less confident and this would probably be to a lesser extent). I’d love to hear more analysis of interplay between growing both wizard and king power intraperson and intraorganization.
This post is useful for providing the handles “wizard power” (knowing concrete/grounded/gears-level models on how the world works) and “king power” (leading, managing, allocating, communicating, etc). I also think that the post insightfully points out how social gradients can often harmfully and myopically push people toward king power.
But I think johnwentsworth is wrong in saying that king power is “fake,” and that people should only aim for wizard power: in particular, it sure seems like coordination is an incredibly taught resource (as johnwentsworth himself insightfully points out in his “gears that turn the world” sequence), and that (good, actually-powerful) kings can be exceptionally valuable for coordination.
I also think that there is clearly not a binary; that people can have more or less of each kind of power without necessarily having more or less of the other — indeed, it seems to me that having more wizard power causes one to be a better king (and probably vice-versa, though I’m less confident and this would probably be to a lesser extent). I’d love to hear more analysis of interplay between growing both wizard and king power intraperson and intraorganization.