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I love this. "You can also [motivate] by instilling fear - of job insecurity, of the loss of political capital in the show's hierarchy, or simply the harsh jud
by zug_zug 4y ago
I love this.
"You can also [motivate] by instilling fear - of job insecurity, of
the loss of political capital in the show's hierarchy, or simply
the harsh judgment of a capricious father figure. You have the
power to be either an enabler of your employees's creativity, or
make them the enablers of your whims."
It's refreshing when I find a piece that doesn't reduce the workplace to naive fix-all tropes like "assume positive intent." Of course the film industry just had "me too," so perhaps the lesson is particularly clear there, but it's not like quid-pro-quo doesn't happen in software.
- andsoitis 4y agoWhat makes that quote powerful is that it isn’t prescriptive. Unlike self-help books and business literature, it doesn’t purport to have the wisdom to tell you what to do or how to behave. Instead, it presents you the two paths in front of you and gives you context what you can expect in choosing either, but then leaves the choice to you. You have to take full responsibility, you cannot scapegoat the author.