All good work is done in defiance of management.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Innovative or excellent work often happens when people resist managerial constraints.
- In plain terms
- Great work happens when you ignore managers.
- What can you take from it?
- Resist control to create well.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- When is defiance useful?
- How to balance rules?
Another view
Some structure is needed for alignment.
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