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 —...
On the Nightmarish Service in UK

On the Nightmarish Service in UK

Credit on Hold: ‘Your call is important to us’ and other lies about doing business in today’s world. By Samantha Carney London MARCH 30, 2010 I have been on hold forever when they disconnect me. Now I am holding again, and wracked with anxiety. Will...

Wilhelm Röpke on Why Do We Work

A Humane Economist on the Meaning of Work A possibly apocryphal story highlights the key idea of this 20th century German-Swiss economist. Röpke was walking along a road with a famous colleague Ludwig von Mises. Walking by land that was in high demand for residential...