Micromanagement of researchers—constantly dictating what they read, what they write, what they publish—produces only mediocrity; the risk of giving people freedom (that they will waste it) is much smaller than the certainty of mediocrity from micromanagement.
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Rupert SheldrakeEvidence Quote
“I think micro management produces only mediocrity if you're constantly controlling and dictating what people read and think you'll only get mediocrity yes and that if you give people a degree of Freedom okay there's a risk that they will abuse it and they won't come up with something but it's it's a much smaller risk than the risk of micromanaging them”
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