WSJ op-ed on the UK National Health System

WSJ op-ed on the UK National Health System

How to Liberate the NHS By Isaac Getz JULY 16, 2010 Health Secretary Andrew Lansley’s NHS reform, announced this week, is the biggest decentralization of decision making ever undertaken in any organization. The idea of liberating front-line employees is a...

How You Can Become a Liberating Leader

Why are there so few liberating leaders and how can you become one We are often asked ‘why there are so few liberating leaders and what are their distinguishing features?’ We found three distinguishing character and psychological traits: egalitarian values—respect,...

Why You Think You Need Hierarchy When You Don’t

Kenneth Boulding and Bill Gore on hierarchy’s decease and cure Here is how Kenneth Boulding described the need for hierarchy in his 1953 book “Organizational Revolution”: The universality of organizations of any size above the very smallest and most informal...

Waiting for the Black Swan: Freedom vs. Incentives

How the discoverers and entrepreneurs succeed in freedom–not through planning Much is written and taught about the ways to become a successful entrepreneur, to discover the next great idea, and more prosaically, to innovate in the company. The latest...

Why people are happiest on weekends—not at work

There’s a reason you’re happiest on weekends By Sharon Jayson, USA TODAY JANUARY 12, 2010 It may be no surprise that people are happier on weekends. But research out today looks at the psychology behind that mood boost. Men and women alike feel better —...