Lotte Bailyn
By throwing time at problems, managers were burning out their employees. By asking people to work such long hours, companies were also creating a sort of rigidity. But research has shown that creativity and innovation require time for reflection. Moreover, we know that if you constrain time, people work more intelligently. And from our own experience, we knew that if people work for 10 hours, … [ Read more ]
Content: Quotation | Author: Lotte Bailyn | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Management, Organizational Behavior, Productivity / Work Tips
Lotte Bailyn, Laura W. Geller
Our society is still compartmentalizing “work” and “life,” looking for a way to even the scales, when we should be rethinking the perspective that values time as the ultimate capital. In systems based on such a mind-set, success comes to those who seem to be working the hardest, because they are always accessible. People cling to an outmoded view that work should be done by … [ Read more ]
Content: Quotation | Authors: Laura W. Geller, Lotte Bailyn | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Organizational Behavior, Productivity / Work Tips, Work
Lotte Bailyn
I think the trouble with much of the advice out there right now is that it accepts the organizational and societal status quo. For example, there are companies that support telecommuting, but still require people to be accessible between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. That defeats the purpose. The purpose of giving people autonomy is allowing them to work when they are most productive. Time … [ Read more ]
Content: Quotation | Author: Lotte Bailyn | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Management, Organizational Behavior, Work
Lotte Bailyn: The Thought Leader Interview
Our society is still compartmentalizing “work” and “life,” looking for a way to even the scales, when we should be rethinking the perspective that values time as the ultimate capital. In systems based on such a mind-set, success comes to those who seem to be working the hardest, because they are always accessible. People cling to an outmoded view that work should be done by … [ Read more ]
Content: Thought Leader | Authors: Laura W. Geller, Lotte Bailyn | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Management, Organizational Behavior