
“He identified six major factors that determine knowledge worker productivity: The ability to define their task. The autonomy to manage their own time. The need for continuing innovation. The need for constant teaching and learning. An emphasis on the quality of the work produced over quantity. The requirement that creative workers be recognized by the organization as assets rather than costs to be minimized. Sounds pretty great, right? There’s just one problem. As Drucker put it, “each of these requirements (except perhaps the last one) is almost the exact opposite of what is needed to increase the productivity of manual workers.” Yikes. He’s right. How can we, as creatives, excel in workplaces that equate performance with metrics like the”
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Hustle and Float: Reclaim Your Creativity and Thrive in a World Obsessed with Work
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