Chris > Chris's Quotes

“The problem with today’s world is that everyone believes they have the right to express their opinion AND have others listen to it.

The correct statement of individual rights is that everyone has the right to an opinion, but crucially, that opinion can be roundly ignored and even made fun of, particularly if it is demonstrably nonsense!”
― Brian Cox

“Learning is not compulsory... neither is survival.”
― W. Edwards Deming

“To-do lists: the last bastion for the organizationally damned. They’re the embodiment of evil. They possess us and torment us, controlling what we do, highlighting what we haven’t. They make us feel inadequate, and dismiss our achievements as if they were waste. These insomnia-producing, check-boxing Beelzebubs have intimidated us for too long.”
― Jim Benson, Personal Kanban: Mapping Work | Navigating Life

“In this context, “focus” doesn’t mean locking our office door, selecting a task to process, and tuning out the world around us until that task is complete. That kind of self-exile is a productivity (fear) reaction—not a kaizen (growth) reaction—to a stressful workload.”
― Jim Benson, Personal Kanban: Mapping Work | Navigating Life

“When you master the art of the retrospective, you are honing in on kaizen.”
― Jim Benson, Personal Kanban: Mapping Work | Navigating Life