Comments on: AWF2005 - Pictures, Philosophy, & Skeet Surfing http://usabilityworks.org/2005/10/30/awf2005-pictures-philosophy-skeet-surfing/ Making next year's Human-Computer family reunion a lot less uncomfortable. Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:30:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Matthew Oliphant http://usabilityworks.org/2005/10/30/awf2005-pictures-philosophy-skeet-surfing/#comment-108 Matthew Oliphant Wed, 02 Nov 2005 05:25:48 +0000 http://usabilityworks.org/?p=230#comment-108 Two things would go a long way to balancing things. 1) Companies (all of us) need to do a better job of understanding just what it is we need to be successful. 2) Reward employees based on results not activities. I don't mean a great P/E for the company's stock, I mean results of the individual employee that are tied to the company's goals. 3) A company that understands success is more than profit. Two things would go a long way to balancing things.

1) Companies (all of us) need to do a better job of understanding just what it is we need to be successful.

2) Reward employees based on results not activities. I don’t mean a great P/E for the company’s stock, I mean results of the individual employee that are tied to the company’s goals.

3) A company that understands success is more than profit.

]]> By: Jay Zipursky http://usabilityworks.org/2005/10/30/awf2005-pictures-philosophy-skeet-surfing/#comment-107 Jay Zipursky Tue, 01 Nov 2005 16:53:06 +0000 http://usabilityworks.org/?p=230#comment-107 I was talking to a self-employed friend about my job and had to explain "banked time". She was amazed that we had to work an average of 40 hours a week. "Why can't you just work as much as you need to get your job done?" she asked. It is a pretty juvenile approach to things when you think about it, but it leads to this unbalance most of us experience. I was talking to a self-employed friend about my job and had to explain “banked time”. She was amazed that we had to work an average of 40 hours a week. “Why can’t you just work as much as you need to get your job done?” she asked. It is a pretty juvenile approach to things when you think about it, but it leads to this unbalance most of us experience.

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