But I have to warn you that this is the word—‘politics’—that nerds use whenever they feel impatient about the human realities of an organization. - Neal Stephenson
Who knew Shakespeare would be really useful for engineering management, right? But like, what are all those stories - power politics, devious guys, the minions doing all the work and the occasional hero saving the day? How does that all play out? You're always placed 500 years ago, but it applies to corporate America every single day of the week. So if you don't know Shakespeare or Machiavelli, you don’t know nothing. - Jim Keller
If you start seeing people doing politics, which means manipulating the environment for their own benefit, they have got to go. Unless you're the boss! Then you have got to see if they deliver. Some people are very political, but they really think their political strength comes from delivering. But people randomly in an organization that are political just cause lots of stress. - Jim Keller
Growth means more opportunities for new, exciting assignments and promotions, and unpleasant conflict is lessened, because there can be more for everyone from the ever-bigger pie that is being divided. - John Roberts