Mental
Parkinson’s Law: Why Work Always Takes Longer than it Should
Parkinson noticed that work expands to fill the time you give it. That’s why small things somehow end up taking all afternoon. More time doesn’t mean better work.
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The thinker
Historian and management thinker
C. Northcote Parkinson was a British naval historian who noticed how people stretch simple tasks to fill whatever time they have. His insight, known as Parkinson’s Law, became a foundation of modern productivity thinking.
Based on The Economist – Parkinson’s Law (1955), summarised and reframed by Insights.
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