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“In computing, turning the obvious into the useful is a living definition of the word "frustration".”

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Alan Perlis was a renowned computer scientist, born on April 1, 1922, and passed away on February 7, 1990. He made significant contributions to the field of computer science, particularly in programming languages and algorithm design. more

“Today many American corporations spend a great deal of money and time trying to increase the originality of their employees, hoping thereby to get a competitive edge in the marketplace. But such programs make no difference unless management also learns to recognize the valuable ideas among the many novel ones, and then finds ways of implementing them.”

Source: Creativity: Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and

“Virtually every company will be going out and empowering their workers with a certain set of tools, and the big difference in how much value is received from that will be how much the company steps back and really thinks through their business processes, thinking through how their business can change, how their project management, their customer feedback, their planning cycles can be quite different than they ever were before.”

“Not many of us will be leaders; and even those who are leaders must also be followers much of the time. This is the crucial role. Followers judge leaders. Only if the leaders pass that test do they have any impact. The potential followers, if their judgment is poor, have judged themselves. If the leader takes his or her followers to the goal, to great achievements, it is because the followers were capable of that kind of response.”

Ifs Kind Goal Poor Leader Roles Judging Achievement Judgment Capable Empowerment Tests Impact Response Followers Crucial Judged Great Achievement Delegation

Book:Certain Trumpets: The Nature of Leadership

Source: Certain Trumpets: The Nature of Leadership

Quote by Alan Perlis

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