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Category Archives: Management
Another reminder of the Al Capone theory of sexual harassment
I mentioned this more than 3 years ago and it’s something every company board should be aware of: The Al Capone theory of sexual harassment simply states, that a person that commits sexual harassment is very likely to do it … Continue reading
Cheap clients
Some of the strangest experiences I’ve had sound like this: Charge more and your clients are nicer The truest and most reliable lesson in freelancing. — Alex Napier Holland A long time ago when I did web dev, we found … Continue reading
Posted in Development, Management
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Open-plan offices are bad. No evidence say otherwise
This is one of those topics that I return to every once in a while and it has been a bit since the last time: Open-plan offices are bad, as they: Lower productivity Increase stress Increase number of sick-days Increase … Continue reading
Any sufficiently advanced bureaucracy …
Any sufficiently advanced bureaucracy is indistinguishable from incompetence. Yes, this is a riff on Clarke’s third law and I think it is the most consistent explanation of a lot of phenomena that we see in the world. It doesn’t have to … Continue reading
Posted in Management
Tagged arthur c. clarke, bureaucracy, clarke's 3rd law, j.k. rowling, twitter, wikipedia
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This is not how you enforce the law
This article, “MoviePass Changed Some Passwords” by Matt Levine, explains why there seems to be so relatively many American companies that defraud private customers. It’s the final (?) story of MoviePass, a company that was built on the venerable principle … Continue reading
Remote work
Their [CEOs fearing remote work] insecurities demand that the way work is done by employees is always visible, highly regulated and uses the methods executives prefer, rather than what’s best for everyone’s productivity. Remote work is seen as a threat … Continue reading
Posted in Management
Tagged automattic, cathy merrill, covid-19, remote work, scott berkun
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Getting the signal out
There’s a pun hidden in the title but it’s as obscure as most of my puns. So, the situation at Basecamp exploded with apparently almost a third of the employees choosing to resign, or rather, accept buy-outs from the company. … Continue reading
Posted in Management
Tagged 37signals, basecamp, david heinemeier hansson, jason fried, mike young, woke
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The Woke Mob
Following on October’s story about Coinbase, and yesterday’s about Basecamp, here’s one that doesn’t involve someone with “base” in the name – but since they are anonymous, who really knows? Then a few years ago we noticed a tone shift … Continue reading
Back to base
Anyone following American politics will know that the nation has become extremely polarised and this has spread into every aspect of society. But recently there is a push to get back to a situation where companies aren’t political instruments but … Continue reading
Posted in Management
Tagged 37signals, activism, basecamp, coinbase, david heinemeier hansson, jason fried, milton friedman, social activism, woke
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