77% of business executives: organizational bureaucracy—biggest barrier to innovation
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...
The Self-Management Institute says freedom constitutes the lasting competitive advantage
Self-Management and the Holy Grail by Paul Green We like this Paul Green’s article he published in Morning Star Self-Management Institute’s Synaptein newsletter (Winter 2011). Here are few excerpts: Competitive advantage is generally defined as the ability...
Google and SAS: Are well treated employees happy?
Free organic food, massage, haircut, even concierge… and still leaving We are hearing alarming news from Google. There seems to be a mass exodus and googlers are dropping like flies. And when they organize a leaving party they joke that there’s nobody they...Was Google a Freedom Inc?
What happened to Google’s management model We were always doubtful about Google’s claims to be a company based on freedom and responsibility of everyone. Because of this doubt we didn’t go to observe it (though we had solicitations). We were suspicious. It seems...Harsh winter and the law of unintended consequences
Bureaucracies and icicles lead to victims by Isaac Getz During this December 2010, the municipality of Saint Petersburg has been facing two challenges— both of natural causes. The first has been the nature of the local winter. When the temperature rises up towards 0°C...Follow Freedominc
