Imagine you are watching a boat of eight rowers training for a big race in the middle of a lake. You hear the whistle blow, and puzzled by what you’re seeing, you ask the coach: … Continue reading What is corporate liberation? – Changeboard HR community
Author: Isaac Getz
Isaac Getz is an author, conference speaker, senior advisor and currently holds the post of Professor at ESCP Business School.
Hierarchies are unnatural – it’s time for a liberating revolution
Our Feb. 22 comment in the UK magazine People Management Hierarchies – accepted by most as the ‘normal way’ of running a business – are unnatural, since they are counter to universal human needs. The hierarchical … Continue reading Hierarchies are unnatural – it’s time for a liberating revolution
What can ‘liberated companies’ teach HR?
Our Op-Ed in the British HR Magazine in Dec. 2016 Freedom- and responsibility-based companies are spreading all over the world but the region where the ‘corporate liberation’ movement is strongest is just across the Channel. Read the … Continue reading What can ‘liberated companies’ teach HR?
British “Management Today” takes a look at the French Corporate Liberation
EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT: THE FRENCH WAY ISAAC GETZ’S PHILOSOPHY OF ‘CORPORATE LIBERATION’ HAS TAKEN FRANCE BY STORM, BUT CAN YOUR EGO HANDLE IT? by Adam Gale, 24 Jan 2017 I know, I know. ‘Employee engagement’ … Continue reading British “Management Today” takes a look at the French Corporate Liberation
The 1st liberated governmental organization: Belgian Ministry of Social Security
Can the liberated company philosophy work in governmental organizations? Aren’t public services an equivalent of bureaucracy and rigidity? Of course, the Special Forces for a long time, and the Navy most recently (see David Marquet liberating … Continue reading The 1st liberated governmental organization: Belgian Ministry of Social Security
Is leader a miracle solution ?
One can read sometimes on the almost miraculous impact a leader can have on the team’s or organization’s performance. Of course things are more complex than a simple–and hence wrong–idea that it all depends on … Continue reading Is leader a miracle solution ?
Enlivening Edge reviews Corporate Liberation
Erwin Van Waeleghem is a police commissioner in Belgium. But he is more. He is currently transforming the local police along the lines very similar to liberated companies. It is not surprise hence, that Erwin likes … Continue reading Enlivening Edge reviews Corporate Liberation
Ricardo Semler discusses how to actually do #CorporateLiberation with @isaacgetz. Next : June 30 at 7pm CET
On June 27 we had a 1-hour discussion with Ricardo Semler on how France became the first country in the world where there is a true corporate liberation movement. Not 1, not 10, not 100 … Continue reading Ricardo Semler discusses how to actually do #CorporateLiberation with @isaacgetz. Next : June 30 at 7pm CET
The “Liberated Company” cartoon with English subtitles fully integrated
In an earlier post we mentioned a young French video producer who created a cartoon to explain what a liberated company is. The English subtitles are now fully integreated.
3 Messages From the Workplace of the Future : With “Freedom, Inc.”
by Doug Kirkpatrick, US Partner at NuFocus Strategic Group Like staccato bursts of data from the interstellar spacecraft Voyager, the workplaces of the future are sending new messages to the people that will be soon … Continue reading 3 Messages From the Workplace of the Future : With “Freedom, Inc.”