Traditional school is based on the teacher’s authority and control of children learning process. The educational researcher Sugata Mitra has proven that children in rural India and many other places can be trusted with their … Continue reading Sugata Mitra on how children can entirely self-teach
Author: Isaac Getz
Isaac Getz is an author, conference speaker, senior advisor and currently holds the post of Professor at ESCP Business School.
Our Op-Ed in Management Today: Real leaders need to lose the ego
Real leaders need to lose the ego By Isaac Getz, Management Today, 13 Feb 2019 “The biggest shortage in the world is not oil or food. It’s leadership without ego.” So said Bob Davids, who has successfully led … Continue reading Our Op-Ed in Management Today: Real leaders need to lose the ego
Patty McCord (Netflix) on what happens when a company looks less to control and more to trust
We don’t know whether Netflix is a liberated company and whether its CEO is a liberating leader. That said, its former chief talent officer Patty McCord has shown that her new title wasn’t just a gimmick for … Continue reading Patty McCord (Netflix) on what happens when a company looks less to control and more to trust
Our new book “Leadership without Ego” just released
Our new book written by Bob Davids, Brian Carney and Isaac Getz Leadership without Ego has been just released by Palgrave MacMilllan. Here is how the book is described on the front flap of its … Continue reading Our new book “Leadership without Ego” just released
Global Peter Drucker Forum 2018: Our speech on “Leadership without Ego”
On Nov 29-30, 2018 in Vienna took place the 10th Global Peter Drucker Forum. We have participated in the plenary session “Human Potential – Are We Cracking the Code?” and talked about the liberating leadership inspired … Continue reading Global Peter Drucker Forum 2018: Our speech on “Leadership without Ego”
The Spanish edition of “Freedom, Inc.”
In our last blog post we have announced the release of our book’s Italian edition. In this post we are happy to annouce the release of our book’s Spanish edition. The book launch will be … Continue reading The Spanish edition of “Freedom, Inc.”
The Italian edition of “Freedom, Inc.” has been launched
On October 8, Brian and Isaac have participated in the event launching the Italian edition of our book which has been organized by the think tank Bruno Leoni in Milano to whom we are grateful. … Continue reading The Italian edition of “Freedom, Inc.” has been launched
Give Your Team the Freedom: our article in Harvard Business Review
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Our book has won the Best Business Book of the Year Award
Our book “The liberated company” (in French) which came out with Fayard in Nov. 2017, has won the Best Business Book of the Year award by Rotary France. The ceremony has been held in the French … Continue reading Our book has won the Best Business Book of the Year Award
Leaders must abandon their egos
Leaders must abandon their egos Jenny Roper, APRIL 17, 2018 Having a large ego might be necessary to become CEO but will ultimately hold an organisation back Leaders must abandon their egos and be truly authentic … Continue reading Leaders must abandon their egos