Publisher’s Picks: Top Books of 2009

Freedom, Inc. is in the Top 10 Books of 2009 www.realclearmarkets.com January 9, 2010 Publisher’s Picks: Top Books of 2009 By David DesRosiers The financial collapse of 2008 spawned a myriad of books attempting to make sense of it. While our list is by no means...

Isaac reacts on the WSJ editorial ‘A Failure to Connect the Dots’

The lack of bureaucratic intelligence or the abundance of bureaucracy and the lack of freedom Isaac Getz JANUARY 9, 2010 Isaac reacts on the comments on the WSJ editorial’A failure to Connect the Dots’:  The editorial writer rightly criticizes the typical...
Casium review

Casium review

Liberating leadership Casium 5 JANUARY  2010 In “Freedom, Inc.” Brian Carney (Wall Street Journal) and professor Isaac Getz (ESCP Europe) look at some companies which have moved away from a hierarchical, bureaucratic mindset to a more freedom-based...

McKinsey Quarterly on non-material motivators

Motivating people: Getting beyond money M. Dewhurst, M. Guthridge, & E. Mohr NOVEMBER  2009 Companies around the world are cutting back their financial-incentive programs, but few have used other ways of inspiring talent. We think they should. Numerous studies1...
From the Enterprise Blog

From the Enterprise Blog

Minnesota’s Freedom, Inc. By Nick Schulz NOVEMBER 13, 2009 I had the good fortune to spend time recently at the 3M Innovation Center in St. Paul, Minnesota. I’ll have more to say about 3M in subsequent posts, but what is most striking is that this 100-year-old firm...