“One major mistake Schneider had seen was how companies confused supporting roles, like legal, human resources, and information technology, with product creation roles like design and development. Product creators are the true talent of any corporation, especially one claiming to bet on innovation. T…”— Scott Berkun, amazon.comTagged: The Future Of Work, Product Creators, Support Roles, Organizational Structure, WordPress
“The most dangerous tradition we hold about work is that it must be serious and meaningless.”— Scott Berkun, amazon.comTagged: The Future Of Work, WordPress
“The problem with problem-solving methods, which all business methodologies are, is that they are abstractions, but the world is not abstract. Real work contains hard parts that no method can dictate for you.”— Scott Berkun, amazon.comTagged: Problem-Solving, Problem-Solving Methods, Real Work, The World Is Not Abstract
“The honest test of the value of any management activity is to run projects without some of them and observe how well people perform with a lighter touch. It’s a test few leaders have the courage to take.”— Scott Berkun, amazon.comTagged: Leadership, The Value Of Management, WordPress
“It takes more passion to choose, on your own, to build a website, a mobile application, or a company than to follow years of instructions to get a degree. A GPA is not a strong indicator of passion, except for the dubious motivations of wanting to find the right answer to other people’s questions. D…”— Scott Berkun, amazon.comTagged: Entrepreneurship, College, College Degree, Skip College, Startups
“People who love great things but are ignorant of how they’re made are mystified by how dirty they have to get their own hands to make anything at all: they think the mess means they’re doing something wrong, when mostly it just means they’re finally doing real work.”— Scott Berkun, amazon.comTagged: Craftmanship, WordPress, Work
“Here’s why famous experts who write books never go back to regular jobs: regular jobs are hard. Regular jobs mean you answer to others. Regular jobs mean you do regular, often repetitive, things. Regular jobs mean you are not the center of attention and have to follow rules made by other people. Any…”— Scott Berkun, amazon.comTagged: The Future Of Work, Business Experts, Bad Advice, Business Books, WordPress
“What good is something that scales well if it sucks? Why is size the ultimate goal or even a goal at all? If you're the kind of person who loves Seaside or the place where you work, you don't need it to be any bigger than it is. The inability to scale is one of the stupidest arguments against a poss…”— Scott Berkun, amazon.comTagged: Business