What "management by discomfort" is? I've just read about _management by discomfort_ that Elon Musk uses: > The challenge is he is a machine and the rest of us aren't. So if you work for Elon, you have to accept the discomfort. But in that discomfort is the kind of growth you can't get anywhere else. It seems to me that this kind of motivation is not something new and is used in a lot of companies. At the same time I can't find any references by searching the web for the relevant keywords. What "management by discomfort" is?

Not sure if it's an actual management framework or encapsulated approach, but my takeaway is that working for him is simply challenging in terms of expectations and effort. People tend to grow when challenged at just the right amounts, as they stretch themselves to match the environment (think of athletes competing among those slightly better than themselves). And the sad truth is that many orgs still don't challenge their employees in ways that engage and grow them.