The Rules of the Garage

Inspiration

Whilst there are many management experts out there who write bestselling books about the latest and greatest practices that lead to success – I tend to go back to Bill Hewlett’s and Dave Packard’s famous rules of the Garage (birthplace of Silicon Valley) when I look for inspiration….
The Rules of the Garage:

• Believe you can change the world.
• Work quickly, keep the tools unlocked, work whenever.
• Know when to work alone and when to work together
• Share - tools, ideas. Trust your colleagues.
• No politics. No bureaucracy. (These are ridiculous in a garage.)
• The customer defines a job well done.
• Radical ideas are not bad ideas.
• Invent different ways of working.
• Make a contribution every day. If it doesn't contribute, it doesn't leave the garage.
• Believe that together we can do anything.
• Invent.