Sat.Nov 05, 2011 - Fri.Nov 11, 2011

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Productivity Reminders…

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… For Managers. In knowledge world, productivity is hard to quantify. If you try to adopt old “command and control” style of management to drive knowledge workers, they get even less productive. Don’t command, empower. Don’t control, but lead them instead. Understand that knowledge workers cannot always be productive between 9 to 5. They have their creative zones and routines when they are most productive.

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A Steve Jobs Story on Simplicity and Focus

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Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson is on my reading list and I was curious to have some initial reviews about the book. Matthew E. May recently reviewed the book on his blog. In a post titled “ The Zen Master of Subtraction: Steve Jobs ”, Matt shares some very interesting stories/snippets about how Steve Jobs generated extreme focus by virtue of elimination.

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