…checklists require bigger teams, and bigger teams require bigger budgets, and more management attention. Add features! Attach a marketing campaign! Bolt it on to a much larger brand! I need to go read Parkinson's Law again. A work of genius. Anyway, Dropbox succeeded by designing a company where the mission of "building Dropbox and making it succeed" was both necessary and sufficient.
Parkinson's Law may be the greatest business book of all time. If you like business books and you haven't read it you're missing out on one of the true classics of the genre. http://www.amazon.com/Parkinsons-Law-C-Northcote-Parkinson/d...
This is one of Parkinson’s Laws: "perfection of planned layout is only achieved by institutions on the point of collapse." In the chapter "Plans and Plants" of "Parkinson's Law" (see http://www.amazon.com/Parkinsons-Law-Cyril-Northcote-Parkins...…
Quite true. I should have italicized Parkinson's Law, the book. Parkinson spends a number of short chapters discussing the expansion of hierarchies, with historical examples.
The bikeshed example is also somewhat misstated. In the original (fictional) story from the book Parkinson's Law, the issue is not that people looking at the design of a nuclear plant spend too much time looking at the bike shed design and not enough looking at things like nuclear safety. The issue is that the committee…
……核对清单需要更大的团队，而更大的团队需要更多的预算，以及更多的管理层关注。加功能！搞营销活动！强行挂靠到一个大得多的品牌上！我得再去读一遍《帕金森定律》（Parkinson's Law）。简直是天才之作。不管怎样，Dropbox 的成功在于他们打造了一家公司，让“做出 Dropbox 并让它成功”这项使命既是必要的，也是充分的。
…checklists require bigger teams, and bigger teams require bigger budgets, and more management attention. Add features! Attach a marketing campaign! Bolt it on to a much larger brand! I need to go read Parkinson's Law again. A work of genius. Anyway, Dropbox succeeded by designing a company where the mission of "building Dropbox and making it succeed" was both necessary and sufficient.
C. Northcote Parkinson 写的《帕金森定律》（Parkinson's Law），J.K. Galbraith 写的《新工业国》（The New Industrial State）
"Parkinson's Law" by C. Northcote Parkinson "The New Industrial State" by J.K. Galbraith
《帕金森定律》（Parkinson's Law）可能是有史以来最牛的商业书了。如果你喜欢商业类书籍却还没读过它，那你可就错过了该类型真正的神作之一。http://www.amazon.com/Parkinsons-Law-C-Northcote-Parkinson/d...
Parkinson's Law may be the greatest business book of all time. If you like business books and you haven't read it you're missing out on one of the true classics of the genre. http://www.amazon.com/Parkinsons-Law-C-Northcote-Parkinson/d...
这就是帕金森定律之一：“只有濒临崩溃的机构，才能达到规划布局上的尽善尽美。”在《帕金森定律》（Parkinson's Law）的“规划与厂房”一章中（参见 http://www.amazon.com/Parkinsons-Law-Cyril-Northcote-Parkins...……
This is one of Parkinson’s Laws: "perfection of planned layout is only achieved by institutions on the point of collapse." In the chapter "Plans and Plants" of "Parkinson's Law" (see http://www.amazon.com/Parkinsons-Law-Cyril-Northcote-Parkins...…
确实没错。我本来应该把书名《帕金森定律》（Parkinson's Law）用斜体标出来的。Parkinson 用了几个简短的章节结合历史案例讨论了科层官僚体系的膨胀。
Quite true. I should have italicized Parkinson's Law, the book. Parkinson spends a number of short chapters discussing the expansion of hierarchies, with historical examples.
自行车棚（bikeshed）那个例子也稍微有点被曲解了。在《帕金森定律》（Parkinson's Law）书里的原版（虚构）故事中，问题并不是大家在审视核电站设计时花太多时间在自行车棚设计上、而没花够时间在核安全这类事情上。问题在于委员会……
The bikeshed example is also somewhat misstated. In the original (fictional) story from the book Parkinson's Law, the issue is not that people looking at the design of a nuclear plant spend too much time looking at the bike shed design and not enough looking at things like nuclear safety. The issue is that the committee…