76 Quotes by Scott Berkun

With no universal measure for meaning to compare with the seemingly solid accounting for income, we fall into the data trap. Our larger culture, and our pesky parents, push us toward decisions that seem to score well but are blind to the most important elements of healthy careers and meaningful lives.

Anyone can criticize or accept praise, but initiating a positive exchange is a hallmark of a difference maker.

Innovations often need to be explained in terms of the status quo, which is why automobiles are rated in horsepower and electric lights in.

Think biologically: humans are in better moods after they’ve eaten a fine meal or when they are in more pleasant surroundings.

Reflection is highly underrated as a decision-making tool. To reflect means to step back and allow all of the information you’ve been working with to sink.

Innovative ideas are rarely rejected on their merits; they’re rejected because of how they make people feel. If you forget people’s concerns and feelings when you present an innovation, or neglect to understand their perspectives in your design, you’re setting yourself up to fail.

No technique, no matter how good, can turn stupid coworkers into smart ones. And no method can magically make employees trust each other or their boss if they have good reason not to.

It’s not a new, radical idea for work to have meaning and for workers to have both great freedom and pride in the work itself. Instead those ideas are rooted in the origins of work; we’ve just lost our way.

The chief cause of problems is solutions. – Eric Sevareid.