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" ... All of that began to change in the 17th century. Galileo, among others, noted that a pendulum would swing with the same exact period regardless of the amplitude of the swing or the magnitude of the weight at the bottom. Only the length of the pendulum mattered. Within mere decades, pendulums with a period of exactly one second were introduced. For the first time, time could be accurately kept here on Earth, with no reliance on the Sun, the stars, or any other sign from the Universe. ... "
" ... Business, like life, is a story of pendulums. Do things too liberally, and eventually, there will be a call for more order and structure. Inflict too much process, and the call will be for experimentation and innovation. Workplaces have largely forgotten what inspired organizing drives in the past and have increasingly taken their eye off the ball. Historically, an organizing drive often suggested that something about your culture had failed. Lack of attention to income disparities, blurred lines around nonexempt guidelines, unclear reasoning around who got promoted — all contributed to making an organization susceptible. These things may still make organizations vulnerable today. ... "
" ... For now, the company is on a roll — opening new offices as well as hiring and acquiring — but McKay has been around long enough to talk of swinging pendulums and to take to heart the title of former Intel chief executive Andy Grove’s book Only The Paranoid Survive. “It’s never as good or as bad you think,” he says. ... "
" ... In general, there are only two factors that determine the period of a pendulum: its length, where ... [+] longer pendulums take longer to complete one oscillation, and the acceleration due to gravity, where larger amounts of gravity results in faster pendulum swings. ... "
" ... Years ago, we were the “personnel” department (though this is something that is unfortunately still true in many instances). We became the party planners, the team responsible for employee morale and office celebrations. We bravely moved from this mindset by adopting lessons from our colleagues in finance and, later, marketing. These lessons included how to build effective business cases, how to integrate effective marketing and branding practices into our talent frameworks, how to leverage the science of human behavior and motivation, and many other skills that have transformed us from “personnel” to being at the center of our organization’s strategy. As most pendulums do, we have swung from one end of the spectrum to the other. ... "