The Importance of Selective Importance

svec — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:53:35 +0000

Bob Sutton quoting Bill Vlasic quoting Terry Woychowski about bureaucratic and measurement inflation at GM:

“But as soon as everything is important, nothing is important.”

That quote applies to pretty much any area of life.

Like money, priorities and importance can be devalued through inflation.

Plan, measure, and react accordingly.

Semler on Urgency

svec — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 02:56:57 +0000

“The real difference between important and urgent is the difference between thoughtfulness and panic.”

From his September 1989 article in HBR, “Managing Without Managers.”