management

9 statements across 7 episodes · 3 bullish · 4 bearish · 7 people on the record · first statement Apr 10, 2018 by Barbara Oakley · across every show →

Everything said about management, oldest first

Apr 10, 2018 negative
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Oakley: Management cannot be optimized because it is an open-ended system
“I don't think there's a way to necessarily optimize being a manager because it is, it's a, it's an open-ended system and an ill-posed problem in a sense You just, you can't get there from here, but you can, in most cases, incrementally improve”
Barbara Oakley Apr 10, 2018 ▶ 22:09 #31 Barbara Oakley: Learning How to Learn
Apr 10, 2018 neutral
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Oakley: Good managers must think Machiavellian to anticipate manipulative tricks
“I think that administer, being a good administrator is one of the world's most difficult jobs because part of it's a, it's, it involves vision and It involves being able to inspire people. It involves being able to be a little Machiavellian yourself, because y…”
Barbara Oakley Apr 10, 2018 ▶ 23:34 #31 Barbara Oakley: Learning How to Learn
Aug 21, 2018 bearish
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Cowen: Computers will not replace sales, marketing, or management anytime soon
“So there's always room for sales, for marketing, for management, including in the distant future. Computers will not be doing that for us anytime soon.”
Tyler Cowen Aug 21, 2018 ▶ 3:22 #39 Tyler Cowen: Thinking About Thinking
Apr 16, 2019 positive
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Gross: Managers must act as game designers aligning company and employee desires
“Ultimately, you're kind of a game designer as a manager and as a leader, and you want to design the best game that both aligns company incentives and employees desires. And the real way to understand people is kind of through this deeper substrate level where …”
Daniel Gross Apr 16, 2019 ▶ 51:41 #56 Daniel Gross: Catalyzing Success
Jan 21, 2020
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Managers must be system designers and clarifiers, not task doers
“Management is the act of achieving goals through the work of others. You know, managers are not people that actually are supposed to be doers. They're supposed to be designers and they're supposed to be clarifiers.”
Jeff Hunter Jan 21, 2020 ▶ 31:07 #74 Jeff Hunter: Embracing Confusion
Nov 24, 2020 negative
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Martin: Public Company Boards Disciplining Management Is an Absolute Fantasy
“The idea that, that a board will discipline management is, is just an absolute fantasy. And that's a core kind of element of the logical structure that guides the workings of the capital markets, the equity markets, and the widely held publicly traded companie…”
Roger Martin Nov 24, 2020 ▶ 44:11 #97 Roger Martin: Forward Thinking
Aug 24, 2021 positive
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Conant: Board members must focus strictly on oversight rather than management
“I guess the other observation about a good board, in my opinion, a good board member is that they understand their role in the process, and it's one of oversight. It's not one of execution and management. You know, their job is to make sure the organization is…”
Doug Conant Aug 24, 2021 ▶ 27:14 #118 Doug Conant: Leadership With Integrity
Jul 21, 2026 negative
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Nejatian: A/B testing primarily serves as a safety blanket for tech management
“What, for most tech companies, AB tests have done have been the safety blanket for management.”
Kaz Nejatian Jul 21, 2026 ▶ 42:35 Excellence Is the Capacity to Take Pain
Jul 21, 2026 positive
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Nejatian: AI lowers management needs by collapsing corporate communication barriers
“One, it lowers the need for human management, right? If you look at any company, you end up with these very long tails of managers, managing managers. Before anyone does any actual work. And AI, because it takes the communication barrier down so much, we can s…”
Kaz Nejatian Jul 21, 2026 ▶ 17:31 Excellence Is the Capacity to Take Pain
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