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🕳️ Management Fads

A critical look at the trends, buzzwords, and silver-bullet solutions that sweep through corporate culture before fading away. These works ask why organizations chase novelty and what endures.
Management Challenges for the 21st Century
by Peter F. Drucker • 2009
Management's old rules are dead. Falling birthrates, knowledge as capital, self-management.
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876
🏛️ Management Paradigms🔮 Strategic Foresight🌊 Change Leadership
Management Challenges for the 21st Century Summary
Management Challenges for the 21st Century 92%
Management's old rules are dead. Falling birthrates, knowledge as capital, self-management.
by Peter F. Drucker 2009
4.07
876 ratings
🏛️ Management Paradigms🔮 Strategic Foresight🌊 Change Leadership
The Open Organization
by Jim Whitehurst • 2015
What open source taught a CEO: ditch hierarchy, let the best ideas win, fail faster.
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682
🏢 Organizational Culture👐 Open Source Management🏆 Meritocracy
The Open Organization Summary
The Open Organization 92%
What open source taught a CEO: ditch hierarchy, let the best ideas win, fail faster.
by Jim Whitehurst 2015
4.09
682 ratings
🏢 Organizational Culture👐 Open Source Management🏆 Meritocracy
Gods of Management
by Charles B. Handy • 1986
Four workplace gods, one crumbling bureaucracy, and the 1986 book that saw the gig economy coming.
3.78
144
🏛️ Organizational Culture📚 Management Theory📋 Bureaucracy Critique
Gods of Management Summary
Gods of Management 92%
Four workplace gods, one crumbling bureaucracy, and the 1986 book that saw the gig economy coming.
by Charles B. Handy 1986
3.78
144 ratings
🏛️ Organizational Culture📚 Management Theory📋 Bureaucracy Critique
The Stupidity Paradox
by Mats Alvesson • 2016
The most dangerous idea at work: thinking less makes everything run better.
3.61
530
🏢 Organizational Behavior🔧 Workplace Dysfunction🧭 Organizational Culture
The Stupidity Paradox Summary
The Stupidity Paradox 91%
The most dangerous idea at work: thinking less makes everything run better.
by Mats Alvesson 2016
3.61
530 ratings
🏢 Organizational Behavior🔧 Workplace Dysfunction🧭 Organizational Culture
Out of the Crisis
by W. Edwards Deming • 1982
Quotas backfire. Inspection can't find the real problem. The principles that actually fix quality.
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5k+
📊 Quality Management🔄 Organizational Change🔁 Continuous Improvement
Out of the Crisis Summary
Out of the Crisis 91%
Quotas backfire. Inspection can't find the real problem. The principles that actually fix quality.
by W. Edwards Deming 1982
4.01
5k+ ratings
📊 Quality Management🔄 Organizational Change🔁 Continuous Improvement
Slack
by Tom DeMarco • 2001
Efficiency that cuts every buffer leaves organizations that can sprint but never pivot.
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2k+
🔄 Organizational Change⏳ Efficiency Critique🔥 Overwork And Burnout
Slack Summary
Slack 91%
Efficiency that cuts every buffer leaves organizations that can sprint but never pivot.
by Tom DeMarco 2001
4.02
2k+ ratings
🔄 Organizational Change⏳ Efficiency Critique🔥 Overwork And Burnout
Humanocracy
by Gary Hamel • 2020
Bureaucracy costs trillions and kills autonomy. The fix: companies run on ownership, not authority.
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1k+
🧹 Bureaucracy Critique🔄 Self-Management🌐 Decentralized Orgs
Humanocracy Summary
Humanocracy 91%
Bureaucracy costs trillions and kills autonomy. The fix: companies run on ownership, not authority.
by Gary Hamel 2020
4.01
1k+ ratings
🧹 Bureaucracy Critique🔄 Self-Management🌐 Decentralized Orgs
50 Management Ideas You Really Need to Know
by Edward Russell-Walling • 2007
Management theories rise, peak, and fade like products. A field guide to the fifty worth keeping.
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📋 Management Theory🎯 Corporate Strategy✅ Quality Management
50 Management Ideas You Really Need to Know Summary
50 Management Ideas You Really Need to Know 91%
Management theories rise, peak, and fade like products. A field guide to the fifty worth keeping.
by Edward Russell-Walling 2007
3.65
182 ratings
📋 Management Theory🎯 Corporate Strategy✅ Quality Management
Management, Revised Edition
by Peter F. Drucker • 1985
Profit is a result. The customer is the purpose. Drucker on the management that makes it so.
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1k+
🏢 Organizational Design🧠 Knowledge Workers🎯 Customer Focus
Management, Revised Edition Summary
Management, Revised Edition 91%
Profit is a result. The customer is the purpose. Drucker on the management that makes it so.
by Peter F. Drucker 1985
4.29
1k+ ratings
🏢 Organizational Design🧠 Knowledge Workers🎯 Customer Focus
Barbarians to Bureaucrats
by Lawrence M. Miller • 1989
Seven leadership personalities drive every company from vision to decay. The pattern can be broken.
4.22
204
🔄 Corporate Lifecycles📉 Organizational Decline🎭 Leadership Archetypes
Barbarians to Bureaucrats Summary
Barbarians to Bureaucrats 91%
Seven leadership personalities drive every company from vision to decay. The pattern can be broken.
by Lawrence M. Miller 1989
4.22
204 ratings
🔄 Corporate Lifecycles📉 Organizational Decline🎭 Leadership Archetypes
In Search of Excellence
by Thomas J. Peters • 1982
A study of 43 iconic companies unearthed the few practices they all shared.
3.91
14k+
🧬 Organizational Culture📚 Management Classics🎯 Customer Obsession
In Search of Excellence Summary
In Search of Excellence 91%
A study of 43 iconic companies unearthed the few practices they all shared.
by Thomas J. Peters 1982
3.91
14k+ ratings
🧬 Organizational Culture📚 Management Classics🎯 Customer Obsession
A Year with Peter Drucker
by Joseph A. Maciariello • 2014
52 weeks of Drucker: lead with integrity, create customers, and build a lasting organization.
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143
🏛️ Management Philosophy📋 Executive Coaching🧠 Knowledge Work
A Year with Peter Drucker Summary
A Year with Peter Drucker 91%
52 weeks of Drucker: lead with integrity, create customers, and build a lasting organization.
by Joseph A. Maciariello 2014
3.70
143 ratings
🏛️ Management Philosophy📋 Executive Coaching🧠 Knowledge Work
Images of Organization
by Gareth Morgan • 1986
One metaphor blinds you; eight set you free. The classic method for reading any organization.
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1k+
🧱 Organizational Theory📚 Management Canon🔍 Metaphor Analysis
Images of Organization Summary
Images of Organization 91%
One metaphor blinds you; eight set you free. The classic method for reading any organization.
by Gareth Morgan 1986
3.92
1k+ ratings
🧱 Organizational Theory📚 Management Canon🔍 Metaphor Analysis
The Seven-Day Weekend
by ricardo-semler • 2004
A CEO's radical experiment: no schedules, no titles, and salaries employees set themselves.
4.05
893
🗳️ Workplace Democracy🧭 Self Management🕰️ Flexible Work
The Seven-Day Weekend Summary
The Seven-Day Weekend 91%
A CEO's radical experiment: no schedules, no titles, and salaries employees set themselves.
by ricardo-semler 2004
4.05
893 ratings
🗳️ Workplace Democracy🧭 Self Management🕰️ Flexible Work
Rise and Fall of Strategic Planning
by Henry Mintzberg • 1993
Strategic planning is an expensive illusion: why prediction fails and where real strategy emerges.
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234
🧱 Corporate Strategy🧩 Emergent Strategy📋 Critique Of Planning
Rise and Fall of Strategic Planning Summary
Rise and Fall of Strategic Planning 91%
Strategic planning is an expensive illusion: why prediction fails and where real strategy emerges.
by Henry Mintzberg 1993
3.80
234 ratings
🧱 Corporate Strategy🧩 Emergent Strategy📋 Critique Of Planning
Reinventing Organizations
by Frederic Laloux • 2014
Organizations mirror consciousness. The next stage trades bosses for trust and plans for purpose.
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🏢 Organizational Design🤝 Self-Management🧠 Integral Theory
Reinventing Organizations Summary
Reinventing Organizations 91%
Organizations mirror consciousness. The next stage trades bosses for trust and plans for purpose.
by Frederic Laloux 2014
4.21
6k+ ratings
🏢 Organizational Design🤝 Self-Management🧠 Integral Theory
The Peter Principle
by Laurence J. Peter • 1969
Why every boss seems incompetent: you get promoted until the work defeats you.
3.75
4k+
🏢 Organizational Behavior🏚️ Organizational Dysfunction🎭 Satirical Management
The Peter Principle Summary
The Peter Principle 91%
Why every boss seems incompetent: you get promoted until the work defeats you.
by Laurence J. Peter 1969
3.75
4k+ ratings
🏢 Organizational Behavior🏚️ Organizational Dysfunction🎭 Satirical Management
Future of Management
by Gary Hamel • 1996
Product innovations get copied. Management innovations endure. Winners reinvent how work is done.
4.03
1k+
🏢 Organizational Design💡 Corporate Innovation🗳️ Democratic Workplaces
Future of Management Summary
Future of Management 91%
Product innovations get copied. Management innovations endure. Winners reinvent how work is done.
by Gary Hamel 1996
4.03
1k+ ratings
🏢 Organizational Design💡 Corporate Innovation🗳️ Democratic Workplaces
The Drucker Lectures
by Peter F. Drucker • 2010
The employees own the tools now. Every management rule from the last century just broke.
4.09
195
🏢 Management Theory💼 Knowledge Economy🧠 Knowledge Workers
The Drucker Lectures Summary
The Drucker Lectures 91%
The employees own the tools now. Every management rule from the last century just broke.
by Peter F. Drucker 2010
4.09
195 ratings
🏢 Management Theory💼 Knowledge Economy🧠 Knowledge Workers
The New Economics for Industry, Government, Education
by W. Edwards Deming • 1991
Ranking employees and setting numerical targets are not management. They are sabotage.
4.17
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🏭 Quality Management🧠 Systems Thinking🔄 Organizational Change
The New Economics for Industry, Government, Education Summary
The New Economics for Industry, Government, Education 91%
Ranking employees and setting numerical targets are not management. They are sabotage.
by W. Edwards Deming 1991
4.17
723 ratings
🏭 Quality Management🧠 Systems Thinking🔄 Organizational Change
Management
by John Hendry • 2013
Management isn't control; it's coping with the humans too messy for any system to handle.
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102
🧱 Management Theory🔍 Organizational Behavior🏢 Corporate Culture
Management Summary
Management 91%
Management isn't control; it's coping with the humans too messy for any system to handle.
by John Hendry 2013
3.44
102 ratings
🧱 Management Theory🔍 Organizational Behavior🏢 Corporate Culture
The Connected Company
by Dave Gray • 2012
When customers network faster than your hierarchy can respond, the answer is small autonomous teams.
4.11
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🏗️ Organizational Design🛎️ Service Economy🕸️ Networked Business
The Connected Company Summary
The Connected Company 91%
When customers network faster than your hierarchy can respond, the answer is small autonomous teams.
by Dave Gray 2012
4.11
617 ratings
🏗️ Organizational Design🛎️ Service Economy🕸️ Networked Business
Toyota Kata
by Mike Rother • 2009
The Toyota secret most companies miss: a daily routine of small tests and coaching conversations.
4.19
2k+
🏭 Lean Management🔄 Continuous Improvement🏎️ Toyota Production System
Toyota Kata Summary
Toyota Kata 91%
The Toyota secret most companies miss: a daily routine of small tests and coaching conversations.
by Mike Rother 2009
4.19
2k+ ratings
🏭 Lean Management🔄 Continuous Improvement🏎️ Toyota Production System
Designing a Successful KM Strategy
by Stephanie Barnes • 2014
Most KM strategies collect dust. The playbook for making one leadership champions, not shelves.
4.10
29
🧠 Knowledge Management🏢 Organizational Development🗺️ Strategy Design
Designing a Successful KM Strategy Summary
Designing a Successful KM Strategy 91%
Most KM strategies collect dust. The playbook for making one leadership champions, not shelves.
by Stephanie Barnes 2014
4.10
29 ratings
🧠 Knowledge Management🏢 Organizational Development🗺️ Strategy Design
The Toyota Way Fieldbook
by Jeffrey K. Liker • 2005
Most lean books end at principles; this one starts with the routines that make them daily reality.
4.18
707
🏭 Lean Methodology⚙️ Operations Management🔄 Process Improvement
The Toyota Way Fieldbook Summary
The Toyota Way Fieldbook 91%
Most lean books end at principles; this one starts with the routines that make them daily reality.
by Jeffrey K. Liker 2005
4.18
707 ratings
🏭 Lean Methodology⚙️ Operations Management🔄 Process Improvement
Best Practices for Operational Excellence
by Luca Dellanna • 2019
The one-team, one-habit path to operational excellence: stop trying to change everything.
4.20
20
🎯 Operational Excellence🏭 Lean Methodology📈 Continuous Improvement
Best Practices for Operational Excellence Summary
Best Practices for Operational Excellence 91%
The one-team, one-habit path to operational excellence: stop trying to change everything.
by Luca Dellanna 2019
4.20
20 ratings
🎯 Operational Excellence🏭 Lean Methodology📈 Continuous Improvement
Quality Productivity and Competitive Position
by W. Edwards Deming • 1982
Chasing productivity directly backfires. Higher quality opens paths that efficiency targets close.
4.50
34
💎 Quality Management🔗 Systems Thinking📊 Statistical Control
Quality Productivity and Competitive Position Summary
Quality Productivity and Competitive Position 91%
Chasing productivity directly backfires. Higher quality opens paths that efficiency targets close.
by W. Edwards Deming 1982
4.50
34 ratings
💎 Quality Management🔗 Systems Thinking📊 Statistical Control
Management 3.0
by Jurgen Appelo • 2010
Software teams are complex systems. Manage them like machines and your agile rollout stalls.
4.15
3k+
🔄 Agile Management🕸️ Systems Thinking🧩 Self-Organizing Teams
Management 3.0 Summary
Management 3.0 91%
Software teams are complex systems. Manage them like machines and your agile rollout stalls.
by Jurgen Appelo 2010
4.15
3k+ ratings
🔄 Agile Management🕸️ Systems Thinking🧩 Self-Organizing Teams
How Stella Saved the Farm
by Vijay Govindarajan • 2011
A farm fable about the real reason innovation fails: it gets managed like everything else.
3.67
1k+
🐑 Business Fables💡 Innovation Management🔄 Organizational Change
How Stella Saved the Farm Summary
How Stella Saved the Farm 91%
A farm fable about the real reason innovation fails: it gets managed like everything else.
by Vijay Govindarajan 2011
3.67
1k+ ratings
🐑 Business Fables💡 Innovation Management🔄 Organizational Change
The Ultimate Guide to Business Process Management
by Theodore Panagacos • 2012
BPM fails when IT runs the show. A business-led blueprint for process improvement that lasts.
3.69
199
🔄 Process Management🏢 Organizational Design📈 Process Improvement
The Ultimate Guide to Business Process Management Summary
The Ultimate Guide to Business Process Management 91%
BPM fails when IT runs the show. A business-led blueprint for process improvement that lasts.
by Theodore Panagacos 2012
3.69
199 ratings
🔄 Process Management🏢 Organizational Design📈 Process Improvement
Leadership BS
by Jeffrey Pfeffer • 2015
The leadership industry sold you modesty, authenticity, and trust. It was lying.
3.86
1k+
🚫 Leadership Critique📊 Organizational Behavior💼 Workplace Realism
Leadership BS Summary
Leadership BS 91%
The leadership industry sold you modesty, authenticity, and trust. It was lying.
by Jeffrey Pfeffer 2015
3.86
1k+ ratings
🚫 Leadership Critique📊 Organizational Behavior💼 Workplace Realism
The Practice of Management
by Peter F. Drucker • 1954
Customers define a company's purpose, not profit. The principles that follow from that reversal.
4.25
2k+
🏗️ Organizational Design🎯 Goal Setting🧭 Decision Frameworks
The Practice of Management Summary
The Practice of Management 91%
Customers define a company's purpose, not profit. The principles that follow from that reversal.
by Peter F. Drucker 1954
4.25
2k+ ratings
🏗️ Organizational Design🎯 Goal Setting🧭 Decision Frameworks
Joy, Inc.
by Richard Sheridan • 2013
From the floor plan to the pair programming: how one firm made joy a repeatable system.
4.07
2k+
🏢 Workplace Culture🏗️ Organizational Design💻 Software Management
Joy, Inc. Summary
Joy, Inc. 91%
From the floor plan to the pair programming: how one firm made joy a repeatable system.
by Richard Sheridan 2013
4.07
2k+ ratings
🏢 Workplace Culture🏗️ Organizational Design💻 Software Management
A Team of Leaders
by Paul Gustavson • 2014
Turn your team from hierarchy to distributed leadership through five deliberate design stages.
3.89
132
🤝 Self-Managing Teams🏗️ Organizational Design📚 Knowledge Management
A Team of Leaders Summary
A Team of Leaders 91%
Turn your team from hierarchy to distributed leadership through five deliberate design stages.
by Paul Gustavson 2014
3.89
132 ratings
🤝 Self-Managing Teams🏗️ Organizational Design📚 Knowledge Management
The Theory of the Business
by Peter F. Drucker • 2017
Three hidden assumptions run every company. When the world outgrows them, success turns into crisis.
3.94
69
🏢 Organizational Theory📚 Management Classics🔍 Business Diagnosis
The Theory of the Business Summary
The Theory of the Business 91%
Three hidden assumptions run every company. When the world outgrows them, success turns into crisis.
by Peter F. Drucker 2017
3.94
69 ratings
🏢 Organizational Theory📚 Management Classics🔍 Business Diagnosis
The Lean Machine
by Dantar P. Oosterwal • 2010
The lean product development playbook behind Harley-Davidson's turnaround, and how to use it.
3.83
137
🛠️ Product Development📊 Visual Management🔄 Business Transformation
The Lean Machine Summary
The Lean Machine 91%
The lean product development playbook behind Harley-Davidson's turnaround, and how to use it.
by Dantar P. Oosterwal 2010
3.83
137 ratings
🛠️ Product Development📊 Visual Management🔄 Business Transformation
Simply Managing
by Henry Mintzberg • 2013
Management isn't heroic. It's fragmented, oral, and learned in the mess, not the classroom.
3.64
338
🧱 Management Practice🏢 Organizational Behavior🥾 Anti-Heroic Leadership
Simply Managing Summary
Simply Managing 91%
Management isn't heroic. It's fragmented, oral, and learned in the mess, not the classroom.
by Henry Mintzberg 2013
3.64
338 ratings
🧱 Management Practice🏢 Organizational Behavior🥾 Anti-Heroic Leadership
The Project50
by Tom Peters • 1999
Turn any project into art: the contrarian rules for stunning, revolutionary, indispensable work.
4.04
247
📋 Project Management💡 Innovation Culture🛠️ Rapid Prototyping
The Project50 Summary
The Project50 91%
Turn any project into art: the contrarian rules for stunning, revolutionary, indispensable work.
by Tom Peters 1999
4.04
247 ratings
📋 Project Management💡 Innovation Culture🛠️ Rapid Prototyping
Rethinking Agile
by Klaus Leopold • 2018
Your teams are agile; the company is slow. The bottleneck is the system, not the team.
4.30
551
🧩 Agile Methodology🏢 Business Agility🏭 Lean Management
Rethinking Agile Summary
Rethinking Agile 91%
Your teams are agile; the company is slow. The bottleneck is the system, not the team.
by Klaus Leopold 2018
4.30
551 ratings
🧩 Agile Methodology🏢 Business Agility🏭 Lean Management
Systems Thinking in the Public Sector
by John Seddon • 2008
Why targets, inspections, and outsourcing make government worse, and how to actually fix it.
3.94
102
🏛️ Public Sector Reform🔄 Systems Thinking📋 Government Bureaucracy
Systems Thinking in the Public Sector Summary
Systems Thinking in the Public Sector 91%
Why targets, inspections, and outsourcing make government worse, and how to actually fix it.
by John Seddon 2008
3.94
102 ratings
🏛️ Public Sector Reform🔄 Systems Thinking📋 Government Bureaucracy
The Logical Thinking Process
by H. William Dettmer • 2007
A systematic method to identify and break the one bottleneck holding your entire organization back.
4.38
160
🧠 Systems Thinking🔗 Constraint Management🔁 Continuous Improvement
The Logical Thinking Process Summary
The Logical Thinking Process 91%
A systematic method to identify and break the one bottleneck holding your entire organization back.
by H. William Dettmer 2007
4.38
160 ratings
🧠 Systems Thinking🔗 Constraint Management🔁 Continuous Improvement
The Goal
by Eliyahu M. Goldratt • 2004
Busy workers mask a fatal flaw: the novel that taught business to focus on bottlenecks.
4.07
85k+
🏭 Manufacturing⚙️ Operations Management🔄 Continuous Improvement
The Goal Summary
The Goal 91%
Busy workers mask a fatal flaw: the novel that taught business to focus on bottlenecks.
by Eliyahu M. Goldratt 2004
4.07
85k+ ratings
🏭 Manufacturing⚙️ Operations Management🔄 Continuous Improvement
Good Profit
by Charles G. Koch • 2015
Most profit relies on exploitation. Charles Koch built a $100 billion company by doing the opposite.
3.86
2k+
🏛️ Management Philosophy🧭 Organizational Culture🏪 Internal Markets
Good Profit Summary
Good Profit 91%
Most profit relies on exploitation. Charles Koch built a $100 billion company by doing the opposite.
by Charles G. Koch 2015
3.86
2k+ ratings
🏛️ Management Philosophy🧭 Organizational Culture🏪 Internal Markets
Freedom, Inc.
by Brian M. Carney • 2009
Command-and-control kills innovation. The case for setting employees free and watching growth soar.
4.24
251
✊ Workplace Autonomy🏢 Self-Managing Organizations👂 Listening Leadership
Freedom, Inc. Summary
Freedom, Inc. 91%
Command-and-control kills innovation. The case for setting employees free and watching growth soar.
by Brian M. Carney 2009
4.24
251 ratings
✊ Workplace Autonomy🏢 Self-Managing Organizations👂 Listening Leadership
The Journey to Enterprise Agility
by Daryl Kulak • 2017
Copycat agile fails without the worldview: your company is a living system, not a machine.
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39
🧠 Systems Thinking🏢 Enterprise Agility🛠️ Software Craftsmanship
The Journey to Enterprise Agility Summary
The Journey to Enterprise Agility 91%
Copycat agile fails without the worldview: your company is a living system, not a machine.
by Daryl Kulak 2017
4.36
39 ratings
🧠 Systems Thinking🏢 Enterprise Agility🛠️ Software Craftsmanship
The One Minute Manager Meets the Monkey
by Kenneth H. Blanchard • 1989
The manager's curse: doing everyone else's job. A simple system to hand the work back.
4.02
4k+
📖 Management Fables🧑‍💼 New Managers🤝 Effective Delegation
The One Minute Manager Meets the Monkey Summary
The One Minute Manager Meets the Monkey 90%
The manager's curse: doing everyone else's job. A simple system to hand the work back.
by Kenneth H. Blanchard 1989
4.02
4k+ ratings
📖 Management Fables🧑‍💼 New Managers🤝 Effective Delegation
Why Simple Wins
by Lisa Bodell • 2016
Your overflowing calendar and inbox are not your fault. The system for reclaiming your workday.
3.33
412
🏢 Organizational Culture⚙️ Process Improvement📊 Workplace Efficiency
Why Simple Wins Summary
Why Simple Wins 90%
Your overflowing calendar and inbox are not your fault. The system for reclaiming your workday.
by Lisa Bodell 2016
3.33
412 ratings
🏢 Organizational Culture⚙️ Process Improvement📊 Workplace Efficiency
The Essential Demming (PB)
by W. Edwards Deming • 2012
Your incentive system is making things worse. The statistical case against performance ratings.
4.02
281
🏭 Quality Management🔄 Systems Thinking🔀 Organizational Transformation
The Essential Demming (PB) Summary
The Essential Demming (PB) 90%
Your incentive system is making things worse. The statistical case against performance ratings.
by W. Edwards Deming 2012
4.02
281 ratings
🏭 Quality Management🔄 Systems Thinking🔀 Organizational Transformation
Six Sigma for Managers
by Greg Brue • 2002
The data-driven playbook for cutting defects to near zero and making those gains stick.
3.25
138
🌀 Continuous Improvement📊 Data-Driven Decisions⚙️ Total Quality Management
Six Sigma for Managers Summary
Six Sigma for Managers 90%
The data-driven playbook for cutting defects to near zero and making those gains stick.
by Greg Brue 2002
3.25
138 ratings
🌀 Continuous Improvement📊 Data-Driven Decisions⚙️ Total Quality Management
The Geek Way
by Andrew McAfee • 2023
Tech companies run on a different OS: four norms that leave industrial management behind.
3.89
914
💻 Tech Company Culture📊 Evidence-Based Management🔄 Agile Methodology
The Geek Way Summary
The Geek Way 90%
Tech companies run on a different OS: four norms that leave industrial management behind.
by Andrew McAfee 2023
3.89
914 ratings
💻 Tech Company Culture📊 Evidence-Based Management🔄 Agile Methodology
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