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798 articles · Page 25 of 34

Productivity · 4 min read

The Extreme Productivity Philosophy that Created Facebook and PayPal

Back in 2005, long before they began approaching $10 billion in annual revenue, everyone thought that Facebook was a cool app, but no one thought that it would ever make any money. Observers laughed at the idea that Facebook could be a real business. With that backdrop of doubters and…

Management · 5 min read

The Boss Doesn’t Always Know Best

Peer feedback is vital because the boss doesn't always know best, employees on the ground do. Here's how to drive peer feedback at your company.

Productivity · 2 min read

The Emptiness of How to Work Better

How to Work Better (1991) is a manifesto comprising 10 persuasive but empty sentences, each with the aim of improving workplace productivity and morale

Management · 5 min read

The Culture Hacker

A culture hacker is an engineer working on internal productivity and happiness projects, formerly reserved for HR.

Productivity · 3 min read

The Business Perks of Traveling Back to the Future

Sometimes the sheer clarity of hindsight is like life’s annoying way of saying, “I told you so!” Looking in the rearview mirror to see what went wrong is integral to learning from our mistakes, but we often wish for hindsight’s clear vision when we’re forging our way forward. Research psychologist Gary Klein has a star

Productivity · 2 min read

The Balance of Audacity and Humility

You’ve got to be audacious enough to set goals that make you stretch and give you clarity of vision and purpose. But you have to have the humility to know that this work is hard, and that you might not get there. If you start off talking about all the reasons that you’re not going [...]

Management · 5 min read

The Manager’s Oath

“First, do no harm”—it’s a fundamental principle of medical ethics and constant reminder to every medical professional that intervention carries risks just as inaction does. In Latin, it’s Primum non nocere: Another way to state it is that, “given an existing problem, it may be better not to do something, or even to do

Management · 3 min read

The Awkward Leader

Being a manager is difficult because it feels unnatural. Your job isn’t actually to get work done. You’re doing your job as a manager when what you’re doing doesn’t resemble work at all. To Andy Grove, legendary CEO of Intel, a manager’s fundamental work of information gathering can be among the most unnatural and that

Management · 2 min read

The Best of iDoneThis: Management and Leadership

Happy holidays, Happy days off work, Happy eating, catching up, and slowing down! We’re sharing the greatest hits and bestest bits of the iDoneThis blog this year. On today’s menu: management and leadership at work. Silicon Valley’s Productivity Secret The Art of Getting Stuff Done Without Bossing Around The Manager’s…

Time · 2 min read

The Best of iDoneThis: Productivity

This week, we’re sharing the year’s greatest hits and bestest bits of the iDoneThis blog. On today’s menu: productivity. Marc Andreessen’s Productivity Trick to Feeling Marvelously Efficient The Ultimate Productivity Instrument is You Getting in the Writing Place Every Day The Other Half of Your Job

Motivation · 2 min read

The Creative Habit

Creativity is a habit, and the best creativity is a result of good work habits. Twyla Tharp, The Creative Habit