Categories: DesignTheory

Design for better team experiences

It took me just over an hour to first read The One Minute Manager by Ken Blanchard. I woke up at 6am and raced through every page, completely glued to the story. Despite its readability, the book has received its fair share of criticism—most notably the argument that it portrays an overly simplistic view of how people actually work.

The One Minute Manager offers straightforward techniques to effectively manage individual staff members, but speaks nothing of teams, departments, or collaboration, which are crucial elements of modern businesses. The sequel, The One Minute Manager Builds High Performing Teams mentions the criticism levied against the first book and focuses on the importance of teamwork.

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