Why the Manager’s Schedule Blows Creative Productivity

kenyatta:

In his latest essay, Paul Graham describes the difference between what he calls the maker’s schedule and the manager’s schedule. Makers–the writers, coders, designers, editors, creative types–need half or whole days to produce anything that solves complicated problems. Managers schedule out their workdays in hour-long blocks. When managers schedule makers into midday meetings, they kill creative productivity in real but not-obvious ways. Graham considers himself a maker, and describes why meetings are the enemy of creativity.

via Smarterware

Managers who aren’t makers need to get out of the way, and realize that their only job is to make it easier for the makers to make.