Chapter Thirty-five. Don’t be creative or innovative

Talking about not having a good laugh, this is also a prerequisite if you don’t want to be innovative or creative. You mustn’t ever make work fun, even though management consultant Tom Peters says: “Not to have fun at work is a tragedy, bordering on the criminal. Curiosity and fun are handmaidens. Go out of your way to make laughter a workplace staple.” You see, there’s no way you can come up with quicker, better, more cost-effective, innovative ways of achieving your goals, no way you can improve your life, job, company, products, ...

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