This article presents an interesting premise and one that I have tried to adapt to my own life over the years. Instead of growing my own company, with lots of employees and lots of bureaucracy, I made a decision years ago to work for and by myself. I couldn't imagine myself in the role of manager for a variety of reasons. I've been able to see other people struggling with these issues over the years and find myself glad that I didn't fallow that path.

Instead, I look on my work as that of a craftsman, working by myself, or consulting with a few others, steadily gaining expertise in my craft every day. Is this the pathway to "success"? I guess I won't really know that until I come to the end of the journey.

White Collar Craftsmen

I was thinking recently about the issue of motivating the people who work with you and for you, especially "knowledge workers". The challenges to motivating people who work in an office and with or for a business process are many. I was also thinking about people I know who are craftmen - people who make objects with their hands or artists, and what motivates them, and what we could learn from them. (continued)

(Via Thinking Faster.)

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