âAbbie Hoffman on the Yippies and the 1968 Democratic Convention. Officially founded by Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin in January 1968, the Youth International Party, or Yippies, were a countercultural group that briefly gained fame as a part of American activism.
Stretch assignments are experiences that challenge and potentially broaden a personâs current capabilities; e.g., assignments that require someone to manage and negotiate change, exert influence over others, and build coalitions.
Any purported assignment of rights or delegation of performance in violation of this section is void. It so happens that Iâve been idly contemplating shortcomings in standard no-assignment language. Thatâs something that Iâve tackled previously (here), and Brianâs post prodded me to revisit the topic.