Wussten Sie, dass Menschen am besten arbeiten, wenn sie Sinn und Herausforderung in ihrer Tätigkeit sehen? Jeder weiß das, aber unsere Erziehungs- und Managementsysteme bauen darauf, dass Lernen, Arbeit und Fortkommen Mühsal sind. Der Autor wagt die Prognose, dass die Computer der Zukunft erzwingen werden, dass Arbeit Spaß macht. Das Buch, provozierend und atemberaubend querdenkend geschrieben, hält stilistisch eine Balance zwischen Ironie, Scharfrichterernst, Satire und philosophischer Ruhe. Die 4. Auflage wurde um ein Nachwort des Autors ergänzt.
Another one of those eye-openers. Dueck begins by explaining the basics of the Keirsey Temperament Sorter, a classification system for character types based on the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI). Using four fundamental types (NT, NF, SJ, SP), he provides a staggeringly accurate and complete account of the interactions among humans, and between humans and systems such as management structures, KPIs, processes, and organizations. Reading this was like being given the script to my life; it was a revelation that made me understand why each of the individuals and groups in my life behave the way they do, and why my interactions with them turn out the way they do, and why some of them are more successful and pleasant than others. It also provided me with a great deal of insight on why I am good at some things and bad at others, and why I get along well with certain kinds of people but not others. Not least, it provided me with the conceptual framework for understanding what I perceive as the ongoing NT-driven, top-down culture change at SAP. Going one step further, Dueck examines the interactions between the individual and society, and how society (and organizations) can become much better at enabling the individual rather than incentivizing them to cheat (as current KPI systems tend to do).