clumsyspinda 's review for:

The Oz Principle: Getting Results Through Individual and Organizational Accountability by Tom Smith, Craig Hickman, Roger Connors

3.0

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I think there were some good points made in The Oz Principle. People could learn to become more accountable for their own actions, and this would likely improve work atmospheres in a lot of companies. However, I think this book does swerve too far into the thought process of ‘focus on all the things you are doing wrong, never blame anyone else for their wrongdoings’. This is addressed toward the end of the book with the car crash analogy, but I feel that this wasn’t given as much attention as it perhaps deserved.

I will be taking parts of this book into my work moving forward, but I will take its teachings with a grain of salt.