When I was a teenager and thinking about my future my father would tell me, “what is important in life is making a contribution to society.” He never defined exactly what he meant but he didn’t have to. His tone called up all those he believed were not making such a contribution: the selfish...
The other day a friend told me about an organization in which those who are considered star performers are explicitly nurtured, those who are considered average are recognized as doing good work, and those who are not doing so well receive no feedback at all. This is a planned, official strategy, thought-out and based...
