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In "A Series of Sorts," I discover how my writings on management as craft, leadership as poetry, and our relationship with time reveal an unintentional pattern—working with rather than against natural rhythms. This reflection shows how seemingly disparate ideas connect to form a deeper understanding
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In an age obsessed with optimization, we face a paradox: Our drive for efficiency often undermines the very quality we seek to create. This exploration of "Clock Time" versus "Craft Time" reveals a crucial insight about how quality emerges in our work. While Clock Time measures progress in minutes s
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In an age dominated by data and algorithms, the fundamental act of managing people remains more craft than science. While tools and frameworks multiply, the essential challenge remains unchanged: understanding people and helping them collaborate effectively. Like jazz musicians who know theory but e
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And now let us believe in a long year that is given to us, new, untouched, full of things that have never been, full of work that has never been done, full of tasks, claims, and demands; and let us see that we learn to take it without letting fall
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Even if a man's whole day be spent as a servant of an industrial concern, in his spare time he will make something, if only a window box flower garden. ((Eric Gill, An Essay on Typography, 2nd paragraph, via laudator temporis acti, accessed 200915)) A job is not