The Practical Leader

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

In the early 1900s, Frederick Taylor, used “Scientific Management” principles to make the new production lines more efficient. Workers became cogs in the machine; shut off their minds, shut their mouths, and did what engineers and managers told them to do. ” Many tech firms are succeeding — for now.

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

The shift marks a significant move away from Henri Fayol's autocratic “command-and-control” type management theories and methodologies which have been in vogue since the early 1900s. With a talent-focused, individualized approach, each worker’s contributions are recognized and supported, and their opinions more valued and decisions followed.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

“Before they played a second game, he wrote a simple computer program that would look up his letters in the dictionary so that he could choose from all possible words,” wrote New Yorker reporter Evan Osnos. Technology is the career-obsessed breadwinner, the humanities a demure stay-at-home spouse.

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