The Organizational Fool: Balancing a Leader's Hubris
探讨了“智者愚人”角色如何作为制衡领导傲慢的力量，通过历史视角和案例，分析其在领导者与追随者之间调解冲突、促进现实检验的作用。
This paper explores the role of the sage-fool as means of creating a counter-vailing power against the regressive forces inherent in leadership, in other words, to reinforce the leader's capacity for reality testing. After a brief review of leadership theories, some of the salient characteristics of the role of the sage-fool are reviewed, taking a historical perspective. It is subsequently demonstrated how the fool, in playing the role of mediator between leader and followers, brings to the surface certain conflictual themes and thereby allows both parties to deal with the issues at hand. In this context, the role of humor and joking relationships are examined. Finally, two case examples of the fool in an organizational setting are presented.