“No tyrant or slave driver in the ecstasy of his most delirious dream ever sought to place upon abject slaves a condition more repugnant.”
There’s small space for Taylor’s thoughts in today’s world of freewheeling collaboration. But the works of individuals such as Michael Doorman and Michael Pound, with their accentuation on breaking commerce down into quantifiable (and controllable) exercises, hold more than a swoon resound of Taylor’s thoughts.
“Taylor was the first man in history who did not take work for granted, but looked at it and studied it. His approach to work is still the basic foundation.“
