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...them have any kind of autonomy they're going to slack off. I think that for a lot of people, that's just not the case. And when you start introducing these kinds of controlling, if-then rewards on something that people like to do and want to do, it ends up actually extinguishing their interest...
...autonomous workers as productive? I think that most people will perform better under conditions of autonomy than they do under conditions of heavy control. What I would recommend for companies today is to [set aside] 10% time - essentially, one afternoon a week where employees can work on anything they want, and you do it for six months. Everybody I know, including myself, has squandered one afternoon a week...
What are some practical ways businesses can improve performance? The do-it-yourself performance review. I have not encountered a single person who thinks performance reviews are useful, valuable or enjoyable. They take place too infrequently. If you want feedback on something, you want it pretty quickly, rather than six months later. At the end of the month, call yourself into your office, and give yourself an appraisal. How are you doing? Where are you falling short? People want to know how they're doing and I think we can assess that ourselves...
...statements imposed from on high and delivered with an epigrammatic stun gun. Racism is universal and unavoidable. ("I didn't do anything." "You're white.") Justice is an illusion. ("The legal process is only about three things. Hatred, fear or envy.") Free will is a joke. ("Why does he want to confess?" "All people want to confess...
...Pyongyang's Jan. 11 statement seeking a peace treaty only reinforced the impression that the North may want to put the cart before the horse. U.S. officials, sources tell TIME, have tried to communicate to Pyongyang via its key ally, China, that it's nukes first, then everything else (economic and energy aid, negotiations toward a peace treaty, formal diplomatic ties...