High Output Management (Primary source)
Andy Grove’s High Output Management, published in 1983 at the zenith of America’s transition from industrial to information economy, stands as a seminal treatise on the art and science of organizational leadership. The work’s enduring contribution lies in its audacious central premise: that management itself constitutes a production process, measurable and optimizable like any manufacturing operation, where the manager’s output equals the output of his organization.
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“Stressing output is the key to improving productivity, while looking to increase activity can result in just the opposite.”
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— Andrew S. Grove Primary source“Here I’d like to introduce the concept of leverage, which is the output generated by a specific type of work activity. An activity with high leverage will generate a high level of output; an activity with low leverage, a low level of output.”
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“It was a bitter moment. Defeat is one thing; disgrace is another.”
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— Leonardo da Vinci Primary source“This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it.”
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