21. 06. 2011
Self-Management Institute

The Self-Management Institute says freedom constitutes the lasting competitive advantage

Self-Management and the Holy Grail by Paul Green We like this Paul Green’s article he published in Morning Star Self-Management Institute’s Synaptein newsletter (Winter 2011). Here are few excerpts: Competitive advantage is generally...

25. 05. 2011
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Was Google a Freedom Inc?

What happened to Google’s management model We were always doubtful about Google’s claims to be a company based on freedom and responsibility of everyone. Because of this doubt we didn’t go to observe...

30. 01. 2011
Art of action

Command-and-control doesn’t work in military—since the mid 19th century

The Art of Action or on the superiority of the “why” organizations over the “how” ones by Stephen Bungay Since the Industrial Revolution, it has been claimed that the command-and-control approach to running...

19. 12. 2010
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A Physicist Solves the Fleeting Life of Businesses

A Physicist Solves the City by Johan Lehrer DECEMBER 17, 2010 Earlier, we wrote that 99 percent of large US firms do not survive for 40 years without having been either bankrupt or...

17. 08. 2010
Relax

Summer musings: How to really relax on holidays — and after

A book and a company who make businesses relaxed  and happy This is a very short 70-page book. But it tells a journey traveled by an unbelieving businessman from an outright stress to...

28. 12. 2009
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No Vacation Policy—and they still work!

Should We Eliminate Our Vacation Policy? by Henry Blodget 24 DECEMBER  2009 At The Business Insider, we currently have a standard vacation policy–a certain number of weeks a year. That said, for the...