I can now cross “invent a word” off my bucket list. According to Google, “yellitocracy” is a brand new word.
What does it mean? A yellitocracy is an organization where “he who yells the loudest, wins“. These can sometimes occur when you gather a group of smart, hardworking, passionate, opinionated and competitive people.
Passion is a good thing, especially in startups, but sometimes the culture can become less than constructive. I’ve seen groups that devolved into “debate club”, where ideas are judged on how well (and loudly) they’re argued, not on the merits of the ideas themselves.
Often, the best ideas aren’t screamed — they’re mal-formed (initially) & stated very quietly. If you’re not listening carefully, you’ll miss them. Worse, you may lose some smart & competent people because they don’t feel they fit in to the culture.
Do you have a yellitocracy?
Excellent! How about “duplicious” (a conflation of duplicitous and delicious)? As in: House developed a duplicious plan for undermining his buxom intern. Hope all is well.
Good one. Send it to Urban Dictionary (I did for this one, and they accepted it!).
Excellent, but not often recognized point about possibly losing competent and smart people who feel they don’t fit in such environments.