Tractability is inversely related to opportunity

A hundred years ago, it was much easier to motivate people. You could switch people from an hourly rate to a piece-rate system, where they would be motivated to do repetitive tasks faster. But in the knowledge or creative work economy, those tasks are becoming rare.

Richard Ryan and Edward...

"Programming is how you get computers to solve problems".

There are two key phrases here which are important:

• You: without the programmer (you), the computer is useless. It does what you tell it to do.
• Solve problems: com...

Not every meeting can be done in 15 minutes, but for general day-to-day things, 15 minutes is ideal.

• Work expands to the time you schedule for it. If you plan a 2-hour meeting, it will likely fill two hours and waste valuable work time.
• If a meeting ...