Quotes

The Practical Agilist Guidebook, Page 030

[Building fully cross-functional teams] is not trivial and often requires a fundamentally new approach at how to organize, distribute, and cross-train skills throughout the organization.

Seductive Interaction Design, Page 030

We should be very concerned with how aesthetics shape perceptions, especially given the extent to which perceptions shape judgment, influence behavior, and shape our memories.

CrazyBusy, Page 031

If you want to take advantage of what today’s world has to offer you have to live by your wits and be willing to try something new, leaving your comfort zone for a while.

Getting to Yes, Page 31

Often in a negotiation people will continue to hold out not because the proposal on the table is inherently unacceptable, but simply because they want to avoid the feeling or the appearance of backing down to the other side.

Good Boss, Bad Boss, Page 31

…being a boss is much like being a high-status primate in any group: the creatures beneath you in the pecking order watch every move you make…

Leading the Unleadable, Page 31

When you have a difficult employee who is challenging you, learn to relish this as an opportunity to grow others and yourself in the process.

Off Balance, Page 31

…too many look to their companies to create work-life balance for them.

How to Be Happy at Work, Page 31

We live in a world where overwork is overvalued.

Seductive Interaction Design, Page 031

We’re more tolerant of problems in things that we find attractive.

Management, Page 031

Managers also have to be entrepreneurs. The have to redirect resources from areas of low or diminishing results to areas of high or increasing results… They have to create tomorrow.