Comments on: Obligation Stifles Creativity, and other Myths of the Privileged Elite http://www.johnon.com/134/google-agile-google-agile.html I think there's an opinion on that subject lying around here somewhere.... Thu, 20 Jun 2013 03:35:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.7 by: James Peckham http://www.johnon.com/134/google-agile-google-agile.html#comment-128065 Wed, 06 Aug 2008 12:44:59 +0000 http://www.johnon.com/134/google-agile-google-agile.html#comment-128065 Sounds like steve manages self directed teams and 'gets it'. You can't command and control (good) workers without losing productivity. Sometimes you have bad workers or dysfunctional team members, that's why they allow team switching at any time so that teams can reform, storm and normalize again without impacting the company's bottom line. From what i hear google is really about their incentive programs to motivate people to do their goals, rather than 'commanding and controlling them' like a typical Project driven organization or functional/matrix organization. since you're a seo, i think you would get that 'self directed thing'. Who knows how best to tell you what to do? Yourself of course! It's less a science than it is a talent. You have to think on your feet and not be constrained by managers (too many opportunities to get told NO) Good luck! Sounds like steve manages self directed teams and ‘gets it’. You can’t command and control (good) workers without losing productivity. Sometimes you have bad workers or dysfunctional team members, that’s why they allow team switching at any time so that teams can reform, storm and normalize again without impacting the company’s bottom line. From what i hear google is really about their incentive programs to motivate people to do their goals, rather than ‘commanding and controlling them’ like a typical Project driven organization or functional/matrix organization.

since you’re a seo, i think you would get that ’self directed thing’. Who knows how best to tell you what to do? Yourself of course! It’s less a science than it is a talent. You have to think on your feet and not be constrained by managers (too many opportunities to get told NO)

Good luck!

]]> by: IncrediBILL http://www.johnon.com/134/google-agile-google-agile.html#comment-290 Tue, 03 Oct 2006 22:16:41 +0000 http://www.johnon.com/134/google-agile-google-agile.html#comment-290 Getting closer as you've gone from coolaid to KOOL AIDE so it's possible maybe next time you'll nail KOOL-AID, but then again I'm the eternal optimist and unfortunately I think history will repeat itself. Getting closer as you’ve gone from coolaid to KOOL AIDE so it’s possible maybe next time you’ll nail KOOL-AID, but then again I’m the eternal optimist and unfortunately I think history will repeat itself.

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