Pretoria residents used to joke about the civil servants in the Jacaranda city; that they don't look out the window in the morning, because they will have nothing to do in the afternoon. If you work in a disruptive industry or any fast-moving, modern business for that matter, even chatting around the water cooler or in the coffee room or taking leisurely, boozy lunches belong to the past and the only time you probably get to look out your window is to check whether it is raining when you finally go home. Most people seeking employment would like to join one of these entrepreneurial companies with visions of pods where you sit working on your laptop and all the other toys you see in Google offices or campuses all over the world. In London, some offices have a doctor and a nurse on call, laundry services, canteens and one law firm even has a swimming pool on the roof. What some prospective employees probably don't realise, is that these business premises are turned into playgrounds, because the bosses don't want you to leave. In these fast-growing, entrepreneurial companies you often have a disruptive boss, the fast moving leader loved by recruiters that breaks the mould, but who is often not easy to work for. We have all seen them and may be one of them; you sometimes  feel as though you have been run over by a steamroller and have agreed to a plan that you either don't understand or know is going to be very hard to deliver. Some of these disruptive bosses are openly bossy and others more subtle but expect their views and only their views to prevail. To survive and be happy in disruptive companies, there are several tactics and strategies you could follow as Sue Shellenbarger suggests in this Wall Street Journal article. – Linda van Tilburg

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