TLDR
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New research argues mediocre employees are key enablers helping would-be authoritarians consolidate and maintain power inside organizations.
Key Takeaways
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Research frames HR and middle-management mediocrity as a structural vulnerability exploited by authoritarian actors.
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The mechanism: compliant, non-threatening employees provide institutional cover and execution capacity for power grabs.
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Framing shifts blame from dramatic villains to the mundane bureaucratic layer that makes coercion operationally possible.
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Implications extend beyond politics to any hierarchical org where talent filtering selects for compliance over competence.
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