Quotes by Tom DeMarco, Slack: Getting Past Burnout, Busywork, and the Myth of Total Efficiency

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Good management is the lifeblood of the healthy corporate body. Getting rid of it to save cost is like losing weight by — Tom DeMarco, Slack: Getting Past Burnout, Busywork, and the Myth of Total Efficiency
Any vigorous competition will entail at least two elements: offense and defense. Offense is the effort you put into scor — Tom DeMarco, Slack: Getting Past Burnout, Busywork, and the Myth of Total Efficiency
If the essential task of middle managers is reinvention, when is that task to be carried out? The answer is, during time — Tom DeMarco, Slack: Getting Past Burnout, Busywork, and the Myth of Total Efficiency
There is no such thing as "healthy" competition within a knowledge organization; all internal competition is destructive — Tom DeMarco, Slack: Getting Past Burnout, Busywork, and the Myth of Total Efficiency
Managers who inspire extraordinary loyalty from their people tend to be highly charismatic, humorous, good-looking, and — Tom DeMarco, Slack: Getting Past Burnout, Busywork, and the Myth of Total Efficiency
The best predictor of how much work a knowledge worker will accomplish is not the hours that he or she spends, but the d — Tom DeMarco, Slack: Getting Past Burnout, Busywork, and the Myth of Total Efficiency
When stress is the problem, slack is the solution. — Tom DeMarco, Slack: Getting Past Burnout, Busywork, and the Myth of Total Efficiency