Occupation: Fictioneer Birth: 1959
Large, centralized organizations foster alienation like stagnant ponds breed algae..
If you are giving back, you took too much..
A high percentage of organisations develop a military rationale, whereby only a very small number of people make all of the decisions. There is littl….
Only two things grow for the sake of growth: businesses and tumors..
No-one works for money alone and tapping into what people want from their careers and what they have to offer is essential..
We have absolute trust in our employees. In fact, we are partners with them..
If you look at any kind of modern organization and you think, 'What are the foremost tools of power?' You will find that it is information..
Once employees feel challenged, invigorated and productive, their efforts will naturally translate into profit and growth for the organisation..
I believe no one can afford, endure or can stomach leaving half a life in the parking lot when she or he goes to work. It's a lousy way to live and ….
People have a reservoir of talent worth discovering. They just have to be given the opportunity to discover it in themselves.
Growth and profit are a product of how people work together..
Every one of us has learned how to send emails on Sunday night. But how many of us know how to go a movie on Monday afternoon. You've unbalanced your….
Bill Gore from Goretex was a very strong influence because he was one of the first larger companies to experiment with freedom in the workplace..
For a company to excel, employees must be reassured that self-interest, not the company's, is their foremost priority. We believe an employee who put….
I once worked it out - after $12 million, all millionaires are the same. That's because we're all humans, confined to human scale. How many homes can….
The purpose of work is not to make money. The purpose of work is to make the workers, whether working stiffs or top executives, feel good about life..
People are too keen to follow standard preconceptions of how organisations should work. All too often, we feel that we are unable to make changes and….
Human nature demands recognition. Without it, people lose their sense of purpose and become dissatisfied, restless, and unproductive..
The era of using people as production tools is coming to an end. Participation is infinitely more complex to practice than conventional corporate uni….
There is no contest between the company that buys the grudging compliance of its work force and the company that enjoys the enterprising participatio….
The key to getting work done on time is to stop wearing a watch..