tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3850643599457806204.post6439748930496917827..comments2022-11-20T16:58:28.785-05:00Comments on Engora Data Blog: Urban myths are poor motivatorsMike Woodwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16922188923191611428noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3850643599457806204.post-3623383301759670682020-02-19T18:48:29.234-05:002020-02-19T18:48:29.234-05:00I heard the story about a new CEO who was attempti...I heard the story about a new CEO who was attempting to reform the company. There were a group of men sitting on a wall. He though they were wasting company time, so he went up to them, fired them, gave them cash in compensation, and walked them off the site. Only trouble was, they were contractors waiting to begin work and the CEO had just given them several weeks' wages in cash to not do the work the company wanted done...<br />I heard this story in several forms about several companies. It's an entertaining story, but not true either.Mike Woodwardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16922188923191611428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3850643599457806204.post-91445733735696538112020-02-19T11:09:05.093-05:002020-02-19T11:09:05.093-05:00There’s a story in Hewlett-Packerd that an enginee...There’s a story in Hewlett-Packerd that an engineer needed at part from the storeroom out of hours but it was locked. Supposedly Bill Hewlett cut the padlock off with a bolt cutter. It always sounded implausible to me.ColinWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07648477899511773662noreply@blogger.com