Orbiting thought – 3

A management obsessed with productivity usually has little patience for the quiet time essential to profound creativity.

… Welcome to the If-we-work-hard-enough-long-enough-burn-ourselves-out-enough-we’ll-succeed-through-control Hairball.

… A healthier alternative is the Orbit of trust that allows time – without immediate, concrete evidence of productivity – for the miracle of creativity to occur.
  – Gordon MacKenzie, Orbiting the Giant Hairball

Orbiting thought – 2