Leadership Principles of the Galactic Empire  Forbes writer Alex
Knapp has an interesting article pointing out five supposed
leadership mistakes made by Star Wars’ Galactic Empire. I think
many of these supposed mistakes turn out to be quite reasonable
once you realize what the Emperor’s real purposes were. Hint:
Ruthless dictators don’t pursue the same goals as management
consultants.  Here are the five supposed errors along with my
comments:    Your organization needs to be structured so that
talent is being developed on all levels of the organization, in
order to ensure smooth functioning and ensure that it’s easy for
people to rise in the organization in the event that key
individuals leave.  This strikes me as a feature of the Empire
rather than a bug. The whole reason why Palpatine established
the Empire in the first place is precisely “the preservation of
power for the Emperor and a few of his chosen lackeys.”
Complaining that the Empire failed to ensure that “talent is
being developed on all levels of