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What it means: Manipulating IT systems is not manual labor, nor is it busywork. The quality of this work is dependent on creativity, which can't be 'phoned-in' and can't always just be barreled through on a deadline Stubborn managers who refuse to see it as such risk impeding creative output with unrealistic demands, Glen says.

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	great slide show and content: sures says a lot about the Dir of IT and his...

	Why slide shows? In some cases, they don't seem like the best delivery method for...

	just pause the slideshow if you need to...

	just pause it if you need to. not a big deal.

	The content of the slide show was only common sense and not some amazing discovery. ...

	I hate slide shows. Period. First, they are harder to read. I have to find buttons...

	Started working with and managing IT people in 1964 while in the US Air Force. While...

	At this period in IT history one should not have to "pause" anything. The slide show...

	Great slide show! Yes, it is mostly common sense, particularly for those of us who...

	Topic might be very interesting if one could read it. The slide show is just pure...

	The book title is actually "Leading Geeks...." Pretty major oversight from the...

	First off, creating a separate group of people called geeks is dumb! All IT...

	Too much generalization, too many assumptions. Treat everyone like an individual...

	Great info! I really loved it. It says so many things many people know but rarely...

	Just hire an IT-blah-blah expert instead of a geek and you will see the difference!...

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10 Ways IT Employees are Different from Everyone Else 'Geeks are a self-selected group.' 'The nature of geek work is different.' 'Power is useless on geeks.' 'Geeks are more attached to the technology than they are to you.' 'Geeks are judgmental.' 'Geeks are introverted.' 'Failure is normal to geeks.' 'Geeks “at the keyboard” know more about the technology than their managers do.' 'Geeks are goal-oriented, not task-oriented' 'IT creativity springs from environment, not incentives.' Related Baseline Content

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