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Comment on Root Causes of Crunch Mode by: Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog » Blog Archive » Managing Fear

Thu, 20 Jul 2006 17:30:29 +0000

[…] The post, Root Causes of Crunch Mode from the Game Manager blog makes the good point that Fear and anxiety are known to reduce comprehension and learning ability. W. Edwards Deming made “drive out fear” one of his 14 management changes America needed to make in order to compete with Japan. Fear is a valuable physiological reaction in some situations, but fear make(s) it difficult to think, and thinking is generally superior to fighting in most corporate settings. […]

Comment on Root Causes of Crunch Mode by: Curious Cat Management Improvement

Tue, 12 Jul 2005 22:38:32 +0000

Managing Fear

A good article on this topic is, Driving Out Fear by Gerald Suarez (who I work with for several years). There are also 3 videos on this topic by Dr. Suarez, available from Management Wisdom, the producers of the Deming Library tapes.

Comment on Root Causes of Crunch Mode by: LifeBox

Sat, 02 Jul 2005 08:18:29 +0000

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Comment on Can People Really Program 80 Hours a Week? by: The Game Manager » Blog Archive » IGDA Article

Wed, 29 Jun 2005 03:49:18 +0000

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Comment on It’s Not Just Abusive. It’s Stupid by: The Game Manager » IGDA Article

Fri, 08 Apr 2005 05:40:03 +0000

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Comment on Can People Really Program 80 Hours a Week? by: The Game Manager » Staying awake…

Fri, 08 Apr 2005 05:38:16 +0000

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Comment on It’s Not Just Abusive. It’s Stupid by: The Game Manager » Staying awake…

Fri, 08 Apr 2005 05:37:46 +0000

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Comment on Overwork Reduces Output by: The Game Manager » Can People Really Program 80 Hours a Week?

Fri, 08 Apr 2005 05:37:19 +0000

[…] put is hard). But there are industrial studies which show overall output increases if you reduce a workday from 9 hours to 8. Read that again to make sure you got it: an 11% reducti […]