Skip to content
Real.Good.Work.
Good Work. Real Work. Really Good.
  • What We Do
  • About Us
    • About You
    • About Phil – Short
    • About Philindo – Long
  • Contact
  • Search
Real.Good.Work.
  • Search
  • What We Do
  • About Us
    • About You
    • About Phil – Short
    • About Philindo – Long
  • Contact
Home » Leadership and Management » Work Expands…
Leadership and Management Quotes

Work Expands…

by Phil|Published September 4, 2008

Work expands to fill the time available for its completion.

— C. Northcote Parkinson, in Economist, 19 Nov 1955, quoted in Simpson’s Contemporary Quotations.

AUTHOR

Phil
Real.Good.Work. with Phil Marsosudiro -- advisor, consultant and coach for spiritually guided business people.
172 posts

You may also like

Every Effort Can Be Sacred
Published June 3, 2007

Every Effort Can Be Sacred

“There are many ways to practice work. We can look at it as just “a job to be done,” or as simply […]

Risk Taking, Focus, and Professionalism
Published September 29, 2007

Risk Taking, Focus, and Professionalism

“I’ve never spent five minutes trying to keep my job, but I’ve spent every waking minute trying to do my job.” — […]

Published September 15, 2011

Goodwill and the Win/Win, Part II — Intention and Action

Some more about starting with the Other Person’s Win: When we plan to help another person Win, does it matter whether we […]

“Think Digital, Act Analog”
Published June 14, 2007

“Think Digital, Act Analog”

“Thinking digital means using technology to look at real data, track interactions with customers, and mine for information to serve people better. […]

Post navigation

  • Previous post Advertising Anew
  • Back to post list
  • Next post Herbert Marcus on the Good Transaction

© 2026 Real.Good.Work. – All rights reserved

Powered by WP – Designed with the Customizr theme