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Managed by Morons: The Path to a Thriving Organisation. Avoiding the Pitfalls That Stand in Your Way
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A Foolish Idea
There is a firmly held belief amongst managers and H.R. professionals that the way to get people to perform better is to pay them for it. It “stands to reason” that employees are “coin-operated”, and it is a primary tenant of our management practices. If you want people to work harder, you must pay them more.
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According to the author Tim Harford, Messy “celebrates the benefits that messiness has in our lives: why it’s important, why we resist it, and why we should embrace it instead”. According to Maria Konnikova’s New York Times review, “a less catchy, but ...more |
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Published a year after Deming’s death, The New Economics explains the four elements of his total quality credo or “System of Profound Knowledge”: 1. That organisations are systems. 2. That outcomes vary naturally. 3. The psychology of people 4. How orga ...more |
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Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
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A Case Study of a Dysfunctional Culture Nick Wallis writes a story that should be a work of science fiction. Like Jurassic Park, he takes a ridiculous premise but then plays the idea through in a totally believable way. Nobody could recreate the dinos ...more |
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“The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.”
― The Prince
― The Prince
