Firsts were good, firsts were interesting, firsts held people's attention and kept them from getting bored.
“The manager’s function is not to make people work, but to make it possible for people to work.”
― Peopleware : Productive Projects and Teams
― Peopleware : Productive Projects and Teams
“The purpose of a team is not goal attainment but goal alignment.”
― Peopleware : Productive Projects and Teams
― Peopleware : Productive Projects and Teams
“Quality takes time and reduces quantity, so it makes you, in a sense, less efficient. The efficiency-optimized organization recognizes quality as its enemy. That's why many corporate Quality Programs are really Quality Reduction Programs in disguise.”
― Slack: Getting Past Burnout, Busywork, and the Myth of Total Efficiency
― Slack: Getting Past Burnout, Busywork, and the Myth of Total Efficiency
“It’s easy (and fair) to blame lousy management on lousy managers. But it’s not enough. It’s also necessary to blame the people who allow themselves to be managed so badly.”
― Slack: Getting Past Burnout, Busywork, and the Myth of Total Efficiency
― Slack: Getting Past Burnout, Busywork, and the Myth of Total Efficiency
“When companies can’t invent, it’s usually because their people are too damn busy.”
― Slack: Getting Past Burnout, Busywork, and the Myth of Total Efficiency
― Slack: Getting Past Burnout, Busywork, and the Myth of Total Efficiency
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