Scott Adams

I'm slowly becoming a convert to the principle that you can't motivate people to do things, you can only demotivate read more

I'm slowly becoming a convert to the principle that you can't motivate people to do things, you can only demotivate them. The primary job of the manager is not to empower but to remove obstacles.

Informed decision-making comes from a long tradition of guessing and then blaming others for inadequate results.

Informed decision-making comes from a long tradition of guessing and then blaming others for inadequate results.

There's a fine line between participation and mockery.

There's a fine line between participation and mockery.

Engineers like to solve problems. If there are no problems handily available, they will create their own problems.

Engineers like to solve problems. If there are no problems handily available, they will create their own problems.

If a job's worth doing, it's too hard.

If a job's worth doing, it's too hard.