"Critic": folks who know (or think they know) but don't have the mandate and aren't taking the responsibility are on the sidelines explaining why those that do have the responsibility and/or mandate are Doing It Wrong.
This is an entire class of people who have learned how to thrive in companies with broken ownership.
When a team gets to this point it's usually because the reward structure is so broken that the only way to lose is to actual own something. It becomes more beneficial to put on a show and play politics than anything else, because you can't be wrong if you never actually do the work.
Healthy organizations recognize the people who aren't actually doing any work and either get them to work or get them removed from the situation. Bad organizations promote these people because their criticism and posturing are two things that help the status quo. The more ammunition you have to criticize the doers, the more you can elevate yourself over them in the broken political hierarchy.
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This is an entire class of people who have learned how to thrive in companies with broken ownership.
When a team gets to this point it's usually because the reward structure is so broken that the only way to lose is to actual own something. It becomes more beneficial to put on a show and play politics than anything else, because you can't be wrong if you never actually do the work.
Healthy organizations recognize the people who aren't actually doing any work and either get them to work or get them removed from the situation. Bad organizations promote these people because their criticism and posturing are two things that help the status quo. The more ammunition you have to criticize the doers, the more you can elevate yourself over them in the broken political hierarchy.