Japan Airlines CEO has no ego, says CBS (2min 20sec)

Japan Airlines CEO has no ego, says CBS (2min 20sec)

With many CEOs running their businesses into bankruptcy by making questionable business decisions and indulging in ego-driven excesses, the CEO of Japan Airlines proves that Americans can learn something from others. Just as Japanese business models helped it become a...
Freedom-at-work’s takeoff in Prague

Freedom-at-work’s takeoff in Prague

Freedom mindset in Zappos, Mindvalley, etc. We’re back from the last week’s event organized by Freedom, Inc’s Czech editor Peoplecomm. It was a whole day happening full of presentations (one of which was ours), theatrical and musical performances,...
Watch John Wooden, one of the world greatest servant leaders

Watch John Wooden, one of the world greatest servant leaders

We have already written on the liberating style of John Wooden, not only the 20th century greatest coach according to ESPN, but also one of the greatest servant leaders (see here). Here is John Wooden’s rare talk given in 2001 for TED where he explains his...

Interview with Sea Smoke Cellars GM

Interview with Victor Gallegos A Long Pour August 26, 2010 Here is how Victor Gallegos, GM of Sea Smoke Cellars, a Freedom Inc prominently featured in our book, answers the first question he’s asked: ALP: “So is there a philosophy behind Sea Smoke?” VG: “Yeah....

Stan Richards to Dallas Business Hall of Fame

Richards Group’s culture and its founder APRIL 10, 2010   Richards Group is famous for its advertisements like the notorious Chick-fil-A ads in which cows try to save their hides by getting us to eat chicken instead of beef all the while misspelling their...

Terri Kelly speaks of Gore’s culture in MIT

Gore ‘s culture by its CEO DECEMBER 8, 2008   W. L. Gore & Associates is famous for its culture but it is a notoriously hard to get in company if you want to observe this culture firsthand (we were lucky to be able to study it from the inside). Here is a...