"Naturally, some members of the enterprise are better at leadership and strategic thinking than others.  It is natural for these members of the enterprise to spend their time thinking more strategically.  Others will be executing more tactically.  Some will be involved both strategically and tactically."<p>And some will be working. &#60;/cheap jab&#62;<p>He does claim that some employees are 10x more productive, but later on says there is anecdotal evidence that some are 10x more productive. Maybe the reason firms aren't paying 10x more is not because they're unable to measure the difference, or because they're mean, but what if the 10x productivity is only possible in certain sets of circumstances which don't manifest in typical large business work?<p>e.g. when the employee has some kind of cross-department authority to make decisions and affect large chunks of a product which they would have in a startup but which would be proxied via some other people in a larger business?