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What are some rules and beliefs of organizational life?

February 13th, 2009 · 15 Comments

Hi! For my book, I would like to gather a set of beliefs that govern how people operate in organizations. I’m especially looking for beliefs that really drive people’s behavior, decision-making, etc. Contradictions and alternate viewpoints welcome and encouraged. For example:

Never help out a colleague too much, because they’re just competition for the top spot.
Always [...]

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How do you set your agenda for the day?

July 7th, 2008 · 11 Comments

As you know from listening to my podcast, I keep my TO DO list on paper. It keeps me honest about keeping it a reasonable length, and ruthless pruning items that I’m never going to do.
But even so, my list has far more items on it than I can do in any given day. So [...]

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