By Isaac I’m often late. Fortunately, I have no boss and my students—from whom I often rob 5 minutes of lecture time (although I try to make up for it with class-relevant jokes) —can’t punish … Continue reading On Lateness: True Causes and Right Solutions
Great Work Interview Prof. Isaac Getz author of Freedom, Inc.
Isaac’s interview MARCH 5, 2010 Professor Isaac Getz is the professor of Idea, Initiative and Innovation Management at the ESCP Europe Business School and author of a new book that gets right to the very … Continue reading Great Work Interview Prof. Isaac Getz author of Freedom, Inc.
Liberating Leadership: How to Build a Radical Freedom-of-Initiative Organization
A video of our Stanford lecture On October 2009 we gave a lecture to the executive audience at Stanford Breakfast Briefings. A clip from the lecture can be viewed here A DVD can be purchased on … Continue reading Liberating Leadership: How to Build a Radical Freedom-of-Initiative Organization
Inc. Magazine and Freedom Inc. on vacation
How to Set a Workplace Vacation Policy by Lauren Folino 1 MARCH 2010 If you are contemplating the terms of a workplace vacation policy, a critical step is to determine whether or not it benefits … Continue reading Inc. Magazine and Freedom Inc. on vacation
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 … Continue reading Terri Kelly speaks of Gore’s culture in MIT
An entrepreneur appreciating Freedom, Inc.
David finds Freedom, Inc. helpful to build his company the right way, from the start Over the last two weeks I’ve been thinking quite a bit about our values. What do we want CityVoice to … Continue reading An entrepreneur appreciating Freedom, Inc.
Toyota won’t waste its crisis—unlike the others
Toyota Way and Win: “Good enough never is” + “Respect for people” Here’s what we think about Toyota’s latest crisis: They handled the PR crisis management badly, not being open enough fast enough and not … Continue reading Toyota won’t waste its crisis—unlike the others
How managing stifles initiative and prevents joy
Psychologists on the impossibility of management—even for NINA puzzles The University of Rochester psychologists Edward Deci, Richard Ryan, and their associates carried, perhaps, the most ambitious contemporary theoretical and empirical research on motivation. They argue … Continue reading How managing stifles initiative and prevents joy
Incentive plans: Addictive for people and ruinous for companies
Taleb and Whitney of why incentives are just another sick game A big bank announced its annual profits—not very big this year—with a whole third of those going as bonuses for traders. Traders ususally make … Continue reading Incentive plans: Addictive for people and ruinous for companies
The Fayetteville Observer on people
Your people are your greatest asset by Sid Gautam 9 FEBRUARY 2010 During the last 20 years we have seen time and again that the bigger the corporation is, the worse it performs. One of … Continue reading The Fayetteville Observer on people