Post No. 3,556 - A new description for the worst managers I experienced when working: extractive

As I have continued reading Eric Ries' book “Incorruptible” (pub. Simon & Schuster, 2026,  ISBN:9798893312065;   I first came across this here (Substack);   Kobo,  Barnes & Noble,  Apple Books,  Amazon), I have been thinking about the term “extractive”. 

I came across this in the economic sense of extractive to describe companies that are greedily grasping all the money they can at the expense of the nations that own natural resources a few years ago, and Eric Ries’ book used the term to describe those greedy parasites (my word choice) that destroy human, social,  environmental, and financial capital by buying up and destroying companies for very short term money gain. 

Now, I am considering using it to describe the worst of managers I encountered during my working career - noting that some managers were exceptionally good as human beings and at their management job, and the overwhelming majority of those who weren’t were simply flawed human beings who were out of their depth ... but a number were deliberately maliciouso/osadistico/obombastico/oauthoritarian / narcissistico/oDarkoTriado/osociopathic, and one, from the 1980s,opsychopathic. 

Those latter were also extractive, in that they destroyed human capital (and thus also financial capital of the company, and human & social capital that  belonged to society) by turning their victims (and terrifiedofamilyomembers, in some cases) into sources of: 

• sadisticopleasure; 

• narcissisticofood;  

• kudos to climb the company hierarchy;  

• social status points to climb the social status ladder; and 

• warnings to control, subsume, expunge, and obliterate other victims.  

Perhaps just like, in many ways, others (including the unnatural persons known as corporations) described using the term extractive ...  

Possible flaws 

Where I can, I will try to highlightopossible flaws / issues youoshouldoconsider: 

• there mayobe flawedologicaloarguments in the above: to find out more about such flaws and thinking generally, I recommend Brendan  Myers’ freeoonline course “Clear and Present Thinking”;  
• I could be wrong - so keep your thinkingocaps on, and make up your own minds for yourself.
  

  

Gnwmythr 

teaching the "good" (balancedopositive and spirituallyomature [BPM]) 
safer and more effective ways to counter the "bad" (outoofobalance, spirituallyoimmature [nonBPM/antiBPM]) 

IMO, OTAAT (“one term at a time”) is the next action to save representative  democracy, along with establishment of an organisation of human-rights observing  democracies as a functional alternative to the UN (especially the veto-sabotaged UN SC), along with all organisations being run using the seven "business" principles listed here, but also note this “Vision for Humanity” 

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Post No. 3,555 - Some (hopefully) interesting reading / viewing / listening - Sarurday 24th October, 2026

I recently found the following interestingoand/orouseful, and am posting them here inocase anyoneoelse does asowelll.   

• Others are now writing about their concerns about alleged UFO/UAP/ET/NHI whistleblower Grusch:   https://substack.com/@redpilljunkie207952/note/c-350419214   

• For those in the northern hemisphere:   “Welcoming the Fall” (i.e., autumn)   Raven Dana   https://youtu.be/hrdXr2nU9Vc   “It's the season of letting go of that which no longer serves us. A time to communicate with the Ancestors, visit the beloved dead and stand in the crossroads to clear the way for the coming year.”   

• “In Conversation with Luci Moral”   https://youtu.be/vTfm8Wb90Rw   

 

On neurodivergenceoand associatedomatters:    

• “My autistic/ADHD wife helped me escape a cult”   https://youtube.com/shorts/bJ_xTKvJVO4    Her pattern recognition skills were key    

 

On society, governance, humanorights, etc (noting the childish thinking of M_G_):     

This week’s dominant news here has been the appalling attack on the well liked and effective independent female Member of Parliament Helen Haines, and reported violence in France that has been associated with protests for better schools and education. Both have been shifted to “Post No. 3,552 - From this week’s coming news/interesting reading post:   attack on Helen Haines, MP, and violence in France”   https://gnwmythr.blogspot.com/2026/10/post-no-3552-from-this-weeks-coming.html , along with my recommendations for actions to take.   

• An excellent explainer of stochastic t_rr_r_sm on Substack (also at least one comment is excellent) at  https://substack.com/@jessheksdatter/note/c-367080697   

• There are other concerns as well, including unprofessional attitudes strongly suggesting psychological unfitness of one police officer (and the absence of any contrary comments makes the others suspect as well):   “Bodycam video shows police officer shoving Herzog protester before ‘I punched him in the head’ boast”   https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/20/herzog-protest-police-bodycam-video-boasts-punch-to-protester-ntwnfb   “Lawyer Nick Hanna argues footage aired in Sydney court depicts ‘unlawful use of force’ by ‘very officer boasting about how he pumped him’”   AND ALSO   how men use homophobia to control other men   https://substack.com/@artistlike/note/c-359279514   (original comment by cazwellofficial, which I cannot find [may be on another platform]; posted on Substack by Artistlike) Also, I recall Dr Sue Lewis publishing peer reviewed papers while at Swinburne in the 1990s on how engineering students used humour to control other male engineering students    

• However, there have been also successes:   “The pro-Palestine movement is winning beyond the court of public opinion”   Andrew Brown   https://michaelwest.com.au/the-pro-palestine-movement-is-winning-beyond-the-court-of-public-opinion/   “The job is not done. There is still a mountain to climb. The greatest crime of this century is still being committed in Gaza, and Western governments, Australia among them, remain complicit through the arms they supply and the diplomatic cover they provide. No courtroom win in Sydney feeds a child in Khan Younis.   But take encouragement from what the movement has achieved. Israel’s power is being diminished, slowly and measurably, by the people who kept marching when they were told it was pointless.”   AND ALSO   “It’s working! Tax changes edge 25 years of housing failures into reverse”   Greg Jericho   https://michaelwest.com.au/its-working-tax-changes-edge-25-years-of-housing-failures-into-reverse/   “Jim Chalmers won’t admit it, and investors cry foul, but a downturn in real estate prices and an upturn in new house construction is good news for Australians looking for a home. Greg Jericho says tax changes are doing their job.”   

• There have also been some interesting articles on strategy for progressives:   “Unions Must be Independent of Political Parties”   https://www.fabians.org.au/unions_must_be_independent_of_political_parties?   AND ALSO   “The Australian left needs a strategy to win - Labor Tribune”   https://labortribune.net.au/the-australian-left-needs-a-strategy-to-win/   AND ALSO   “We can build a new society out of the wreckage of neoliberalism”   https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/10/20/we-can-build-a-new-society-out-of-the-wreckage-of-neoliberalism/   AND ALSO   “Passing the gas. Twelve years of tax data show Australia’s loss”   https://michaelwest.com.au/passing-the-gas-twelve-years-of-tax-data-show-australias-loss/   

• And other useful commentary:   “How Plato Predicted Tr_mp”   https://lucasbean.substack.com/p/how-plato-predicted-trump   “The Republic Book 8”   AND ALSO   “History professor: Why has Australia surrendered its strategic autonomy?”   Robert Barwick   https://youtu.be/d2C8d0q8z2Q   “An excerpt from Sydney Uni history professor James Curran's speech to the Sydney Institute on his book "Grand Ambition" about Paul Keating's foreign policy.   Curran concluded his speech with this powerful denunciation of Australia's surrender of its sovereignty to the US and UK, through AUKUS.”   AND ALSO   “The only time I have ever been labeled as “divisive” are by white cisgender women (straight and queer) who made the distinct life choice to fuse their identities with violent institutions. There is a specific recklessness that comes from choosing to carry water for white supremacist settler-colonial patriarchy, in the hopes you feel “seen” and “safe.” It. Never. Works. And it never will.”   https://substack.com/@yourweirdofriend/note/c-365886229   

• And news:   “Meta ordered to pay $25bn to New Mexico in Cambridge Analytica data-privacy case”   https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/oct/21/meta-fined-new-mexico-data-privacy-case   AND ALSO   “How to Protect Humanity from AI”   https://robertreich.substack.com/p/how-to-protect-humanity-from-ai   “5 essential guardrails”   AND ALSO   “Could your brain data be used against you? UN calls for limits on neurotechnology”   https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/10/1168609   “Brain signals recorded by a gaming headset or a wellness gadget could one day be used as evidence against you in court, according to a new UN report which warns that neurotechnology is outpacing the laws meant to protect human rights.”      

 

Selectedopopularoand other posts on my otheroblogs and former YouTube channel:   

• “Slow living: pushing back against the pace of life”   https://politicalmusingsofkayleen.blogspot.com/2019/07/slow-living-pushing-back-against-pace.html   AND ALSO   “Crime”   https://politicalmusingsofkayleen.blogspot.com/2016/11/crime.html   AND ALSO   “Accumulation of damage (~250 words, 1 - 2 min. read)”   https://politicalmusingsofkayleen.blogspot.com/2022/08/accumulation-of-damage-250-words-1-2.html   AND ALSO   “A Poem: Heartlight”   https://politicalmusingsofkayleen.blogspot.com/2020/08/a-poem-heartlight.html   AND ALSO   “The blinkers of education (Poem)”   https://musingsofkayleen.blogspot.com/2007/07/blinkers-of-education-poem.html    

 

Possible flaws 

Where I can, I will try to highlightopossible flaws / issues youoshouldoconsider: 

• there mayobe flawedologicaloarguments in the above: to find out more about such flaws and thinking generally, I recommend Brendan  Myers’ freeoonline course “Clear and Present Thinking”;  
• I could be wrong - so keep your thinkingocaps on, and make up your own minds for yourself.

 

 

Gnwmythr 

teaching the "good" (balancedopositive and spirituallyomature [BPM]) 
safer and more effective ways to counter the "bad" (outoofobalance, spirituallyoimmature [nonBPM/antiBPM]) 

IMO, OTAAT (“one term at a time”) is the next action to save representative  democracy, along with establishment of an organisation of human-rights observing  democracies as a functional alternative to the UN (especially the veto-sabotaged UN SC), along with all organisations being run using the seven "business" principles listed here, but also note this “Vision for Humanity” 

If you’re new here, consider looking at the Landing Page for Newbies   

If you appreciated this post, pleaseoshare it. I am now on SubStack, Patreon, 
and you can support me at PayPal (or PayPal Repeating Support Options) or Ko-Fi 
Any and all support will be greatlyoappreciated, and willoaid me in continuing this work 

 

Remember: we generallyoneed to be more human being rather than human doing, to mind our Mӕgan, and to acknowledge that all misgenderingois an act of activeotransphobia/transmisiaothat puts trans+ lives at risk & accept that all insistence on the use of “trans” as a descriptor comes with commensurate use of “cis” as a descriptoroto prevent “othering” (just as binary gendered [men’s and women’s] sporting teams are either both given the gender descriptor, or neither).

#PsychicABetterWorld   and  

  

Note that I am cutting back on aspects of my posts - see here, and Gnwmythr is pronounced new-MYTH-ear  

Copyright © Kayleen White 2007-2026     NO AI   I do not consent to any machine learning aka Artificial Intelligence (AI), generative AI, large language model, machine learning, chatbot, or other automated analysis, generative process, or replication program to reproduce, mimic, remix, summarise, or otherwise  replicate any part of this post or other posts on this blog via any means. AI was NOT used to write this article. Typo’s may be inserrted deliberately to demonstrate this is not an AI product.     Otherwise, fair and reasonable use is accepted under Creative Commons 4.0 on an Attribution-ShareAlike basis https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/