Critics of scientific management often argue that F.W. Taylor and his colleagues ignored the human element at work.
But that's not quite right--Taylor's prescriptions were based on a clear view of human nature. Unfortunately, it was an overly narrow and pessimistic one.
The idea of a "4-day work week" is based on flawed thinking about 1) #people's needs and 2) the nature of #valuecreation!
Changing the rules, from a 5-day work week to a 4-day work week isn't a solution to ANY problem: It is merely activism based on clichés.
"Experiences" of all kinds notwithstanding.
Ask yourself: What is the kind of problem we are REALLY trying to solve? What is it that people at work REALLY want?
Shareholder capitalism is one reason for the crisis of capitalism, yes. It is not the root cause. The root cause: because they can. The lead question would be: how to build a power base for humanistic living and working together.
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/stevedenning/status/1598775001213460480
Nice work, @[email protected] ChatGPT! We should listen to our AI overlords more often.
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