Leaders of the Free Culture by Isaac Getz AUGUST, 2011 Truman is said to have mused about Eisenhower taking over the president’s office, issuing orders only to discover that nothing gets done in the bureaucratic swamp. But this fine politician underestimated “Ike.” President Eisenhower realized the bureaucracy problem on day [...]

Central European editions The Czech editor Peoplecomm made his specialty the books on freedom-based organizations. Our Freedom, Inc. appears there along Ricardo Semler’s Maverick! and Tony Hsieh’ Delivering Happiness. Here what its editor  Tomáš Hajzler writes: Coming from the Czech republic, ex-authoritarian society, the concept of freedom is still misunderstood [...]

Firms need to give workers room to excel By Kaye Parker 9 JULY 2011 “If you put fences around people, you get sheep. Give people the room they need.” That credo worked for William L. McKnight, the legendary leader of 3M, as early as 1924, and it continues to work [...]

Watch Bennis commenting on how to make one’s organization dancing Warren Bennis October 27, 2010 Here is a famous quote by Bennis: “There are two ways of being creative. One can sing and dance. Or one can create an environment in which singers and dancers flourish. Leaders must encourage their [...]

The surprising truth about what motivates us by Daniel Pink & RSA We thought we posted already this video. Indeed, Dan Pink achieves here one of the best popularizations of the scientific work on human needs, which satisfaction leads us to be self-motivated. More, the talk is animated with the [...]

Bureaucracy barrier to innovation CITY A.M. 23 JUNE 2011 Three quarters of business executives think bureaucracy within organisations is the biggest barrier to innovation, according to a survey by London Business School. When polled, 77 per cent of the business audience said that improving incentives, reducing red tape and promoting [...]