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Article: Loosen Up!(Slack: Getting Past Burnout, Busywork, and the Myth of Total Efficiency)(Review)
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- Entrepreneur
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- July 1, 2001
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BOOKS: IF EVERY HOUR OF EVERY DAY IS ALL PLANNED OUT, YOU MAY ACTUALLY BE HURTING YOUR BUSINESS.
DESPITE EVERYTHING YOU'VE PROB-ably ever heard about efficiency, businesses may be doing themselves damage by trying to be too efficient, according to a contrary view of efficiency presented by best-selling author and project management expert Tom DeMarco in his book Slack (Broadway, $23).
DeMarco, who sharpened his management skills in the software development industry, takes on practically every management trend of the last century when he declares, among other things, that working too efficiently isn't working very smart. His central point: When everybody ...