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← Organizing labour is easy with honest leaders of industry and impossible without them

17 connected korrents · 14 moments from 20 Apr 1995 to 4 Oct 2026.

Everything filed under hiring hiring Everything filed under management management Everything filed under simplicity simplicity Everything filed under taste taste Everything filed under design design Everything filed under motivation motivation Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Organizing labour is easy with honest leaders of industry and impossible without them Organizing labour is easy with honestleaders of industry and impossible withoutthem JR John Ruskin — holds since c. 1860–1862 — tap for who they are Same subject: If building the organisation is nobody’s first job, it will not get done well. — tap to centre the map on it If building the organisation isnobody’s first job, it will not getdone well. Last stated 3 years ago 5 Jan 2024 CM Charity Majors — holds since 2024-01-05 — tap for who they are Same subject: Flat, manager-free organisations do not deliver the equality they promise: they get abandoned, and the informal power left behind is unaccountable. — tap to centre the map on it Flat, manager-free organisations donot deliver the equality theypromise: they get abandoned, and theinformal power left behind isunaccountable. Last stated a year ago 28 May 2025 CM Charity Majors — holds since 2024-01-05 — tap for who they are CF Camille Fournier — holds since 2025-05-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: Honesty is a commanding force that keeps the economy in order, not a disturbance to it — tap to centre the map on it Honesty is a commanding force thatkeeps the economy in order, not adisturbance to it JR John Ruskin — holds since c. 1860–1862 — tap for who they are Same subject: The struggle of making something is not an obstacle in front of the work; it is where the meaning comes from. — tap to centre the map on it The struggle of making something isnot an obstacle in front of thework; it is where the meaning comesfrom. Last stated 3 years ago 10 Aug 2023 NC Nick Cave — holds since 2023-08-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: The belief that all labour is good in itself is convenient for those who live on the labour of others — tap to centre the map on it The belief that all labour is goodin itself is convenient for thosewho live on the labour of others WM William Morris — holds since c. 1883–1888 — tap for who they are Same subject: A design effort should be organised according to the need for communication. — tap to centre the map on it A design effort should be organisedaccording to the need forcommunication. MC Melvin Conway — holds since c. 1968 — tap for who they are Same subject: Designers on a large team have to collaborate, share and build on one another's work rather than going off into their own silos, because that is how the org chart gets shipped. — tap to centre the map on it Designers on a large team have tocollaborate, share and build on oneanother's work rather than going offinto their own silos, because thatis how the org chart gets shipped. Last stated 6 months ago 28 Apr 2026 PD Polly D'Arcy — holds since 2026-04-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: One thing a leader can individually contribute is instilling in the organization the goal of having only A players. — tap to centre the map on it One thing a leader can individuallycontribute is instilling in theorganization the goal of having onlyA players. Last stated 32 years ago 20 Apr 1995 SJ Steve Jobs — holds since 1995-04-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: A business is more likely to fail from taking on too much complexity than from lacking resources. — tap to centre the map on it A business is more likely to failfrom taking on too much complexitythan from lacking resources. Last stated 8 years ago 29 Sept 2018 TG Tren Griffin — holds since 2018-09-29 — tap for who they are Same subject: A business succeeds through a small number of highly effective distribution channels, not many mediocre ones. — tap to centre the map on it A business succeeds through a smallnumber of highly effectivedistribution channels, not manymediocre ones. Last stated 3 years ago 17 Feb 2024 AW Adam Wiggins — holds since 2024-02-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: A candidate negotiating an offer should make every ask fit one line of logic. — tap to centre the map on it A candidate negotiating an offershould make every ask fit one lineof logic. Last stated 3 months ago 9 Aug 2026 AW Adam Ward — holds since 2026-08-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: A big part of taste is delivering high levels of craft in an accessible way so that as many people as possible can experience it. — tap to centre the map on it A big part of taste is deliveringhigh levels of craft in anaccessible way so that as manypeople as possible can experienceit. Last stated 6 months ago 21 Apr 2026 BJ Brandon Jacoby — holds since 2026-04-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company name can have different appeal to corporate buyers versus their customers. — tap to centre the map on it A company name can have differentappeal to corporate buyers versustheir customers. Last stated 4 weeks ago 4 Oct 2026 PG Paul Graham — holds since 2026-10-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: A first draft should not be graded good or bad; it is only the material that taste then gets to act on. — tap to centre the map on it A first draft should not be gradedgood or bad; it is only the materialthat taste then gets to act on. Last stated 3 months ago 6 Aug 2026 GS George Saunders — holds since 2026-08-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: A CEO cannot be a calibrated interviewer for every role, so insisting on interviewing every candidate makes hiring worse rather than better. — tap to centre the map on it A CEO cannot be a calibratedinterviewer for every role, soinsisting on interviewing everycandidate makes hiring worse ratherthan better. Last stated 2 years ago 17 Dec 2024 CM Charity Majors — holds since 2024-12-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company is not sensitive to the few thousand dollars a candidate is afraid to ask for, because the fully-loaded cost of employing them dwarfs it. — tap to centre the map on it A company is not sensitive to thefew thousand dollars a candidate isafraid to ask for, because thefully-loaded cost of employing themdwarfs it. Last stated 15 years ago 23 Jan 2012 PM Patrick McKenzie — holds since 2012-01-23 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company needs someone who cares about the outcome above the effort — tap to centre the map on it A company needs someone who caresabout the outcome above the effort Last stated 2 years ago 19 Mar 2025 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2025-03-19 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Organizing labour is easy with honest leaders of industry and impossible without them Last stated c. 1860–1862 Holds John Ruskin Read this korrent →