Benefits of a demotivated workforce

Posted by Steve Longdo Sun, 09 Jul 2006 18:28:00 GMT

This short video (3:41) goes a long way towards explaining why things are the way they are at a lot of corporations. I definitely have worked with some managers who unwittingly subscribe to these theories.
Dr. E.L. Kersten of Despair, Inc. identifies seven signs of a demotivated workforce and explains the benefits of each.
 Interestingly enough it is sponsored by the crack staff at Microsoft.

Be sure to check out the "alternative" management ideas at Despair Inc. :-( funny stuff!

The future is here? 1

Posted by Steve Longdo Fri, 07 Jul 2006 02:59:00 GMT

I just saw about rb2js over at _why's site. Is it the beginning or end of times?

This is exciting in a way that Google's Web Tool Kit isn't. Specifically writing idomatic Ruby is always going to be more enjoyable and less lines of code than working in the devil's language.

(Okay that might be too harsh, Java is like a little demon compared to .NOT)