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Keith Trnka
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Lab Girl
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That whole summer in Colorado was a data-gathering bust, but it taught me the most important thing I know about science: that experiments are not about getting the world to do what you want it to do.
“We must recognize that no amount of formal planning can anticipate changes such as globalization and the information revolution we’ve referred to above. Does that mean that you shouldn’t plan? Not at all. You need to plan the way a fire department plans. It cannot anticipate where the next fire will be, so it has to shape an energetic and efficient team that is capable of responding to the unanticipated as well as to any ordinary event.”
― High Output Management
― High Output Management
“To get acceptable quality at the lowest cost, it is vitally important to reject defective material at a stage where its accumulated value is at the lowest possible level. Thus, as noted, we are better off catching a bad raw egg than a cooked one, and screening out our college applicant before he visits Intel. In short, reject before investing further value.”
― High Output Management
― High Output Management
“Remember too that your time is your one finite resource, and when you say “yes” to one thing you are inevitably saying “no” to another.”
― High Output Management
― High Output Management
“we confused the manager’s general competence and maturity with his task-relevant maturity.”
― High Output Management
― High Output Management
“Reports are more a medium of self-discipline than a way to communicate information. Writing the report is important; reading it often is not.”
― High Output Management
― High Output Management
Keith’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Keith’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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79 friends
555 books
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364 books
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469 books
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41 books
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91 friends
655 books
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244 books
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