An old, time-honored management technique in large corporations.
1. Keep your employees in the dark.
2. Feed them shit.
3. When they grow up, cut them off at the roots.
1. Keep your employees in the dark.
2. Feed them shit.
3. When they grow up, cut them off at the roots.
by Hot Licks July 21, 2020
Get the The mushroom theory of managementmug. 🧑"See that mushroom that's in my backyard? I grew that."
👩"I think it grew overnight and you are just taking mushroom credit."
👩"I think it grew overnight and you are just taking mushroom credit."
by Kirby420 March 16, 2021
Get the Mushroom Creditmug. by Anonymous Glitch September 4, 2021
Get the Mushroom Villemug. A way to manage tech teams working to an ill-defined task, described by Tracy Kidder as "Keep them in the dark, feed them shit, watch them grow" (in his 1981 title 'The Soul of a New Machine' about the people that built the first minicomputer at Data General).
As long as the outcome remains undefined, there's no way to hold them accountable for whichever result. You'd better apply mushroom management instead.
by Nada Knicks August 5, 2022
Get the mushroom managementmug. when shit is so out-of-hand that you are tripping balls, i think
it's what the scientists from Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon say when things go haywire
it's what the scientists from Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon say when things go haywire
by MartianSupremacist November 13, 2024
Get the Holy Shit Fucking Mushroomsmug. by soems January 21, 2021
Get the monko mushroommug. A replacement for any curse word.
by Chubbylubby January 30, 2018
Get the shootaki mushroomsmug.