- No large meetings unless they’re of value to the entire audience. Keep them short.
- Don’t have frequent meetings unless the matter is truly urgent. Resolve it; stop meeting.
- If you are not adding value to a meeting, walk out or drop off the call.
- Don’t use acronyms and nonsense words for objects, software, or processes.
- Avoid any terms that require explanation because they inhibit communication.
- Communicate directly with individuals rather than through a chain of command.
- Any manager enforcing chain-of-command communication will be fired.
- Don’t follow any “company rule” that doesn’t make common sense.
- Ideas that increase productivity or happiness are always welcome.
- Contractors who can’t find an employee to vouch for them will be fired.
- Never do anything that would make a great Dilbert cartoon.
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