Google Goals
I just read Don Dodge's post on Google's goal setting. It strikes me that what works in one environment will not work in another. For every formula that drives human behavior there is an equal and opposite formula that works for someone else. In this case the perfect is the enemy of the good might be the equal and opposite formula. But, I think T.S. Eliot had the last word when he described literary criticism. He said, "the only method is to be very intelligent." To expand this concept, the only method is to be talented and driven. I certainly agree that some organizations bring out the best in people, but in the end it is the people not the formulas. In all fairness to Don Dodge, he kinda comes to this point in his post. Another blog that often (always?) has something enlightening to say on people managment is Rands.
