Effective Remote Work

The Output Equation Revisited

In 1983, Andy Grove, the cofounder and CEO of Intel, published a book called High Output Management [Gro95]. In a period of time where many books on how to be a manager and a leader were more aligned with wearing sharp suits and working your way up the corporate ladder, Grove’s practical and scientific approach to how he runs a company like Intel was a breath of fresh air in the industry. His background as an engineer shines through in his writing, making the science of management understandable to those of us who have never worn a suit to work in our lives.

One of the concepts visited early in the book, which frames much of the rest of the content, is an equation that acts as a rule of thumb for the output of a ...