Cool Bosses & Crazy Co-Workers

I sit there and I laugh a little already, because when I think about crazy co-workers, one face comes directly into my mind. There is no warm-up needed. His name was D, even today I am not completely sure, but I see him clearly. He was like a walking parrot. Brown shoes, green trousers, dark…

There is a very specific moment in every working life when the myth collapses.The “cool boss” — generous, human, almost friend-shaped — flickers… and then, quietly, reasserts authority. Not loudly. Not cruelly. Just structurally. Because power doesn’t disappear. It just learns to smile. Martin’s first “cool boss” was his father — which sounds wholesome until…