My experience as a manager – and in particular, as the leader of a company – has been shaped by two quotes that have helped frame my thinking about that role. One is from Harold Geneen, who oversaw the growth of ITT into the first modern conglomerate: “The skill of management is achieving your...
In October, 2012, iHire transitioned its culture to a Results Only Work Environment (ROWE), which is a management philosophy in which the focus comes off where, when and how long employees are working
The so-called shift to knowledge work was actually a shift from prefigured to configured working activities. It brought with it a shift in the locus of control over the worker's activities - fro
Author and MIX Maverick Dan Pink debunks "empowerment" and "flexibility" as simply new forms of control—and makes a case for true autonomy as the ruling ethos for organizations.
In this document we explain how we went from being an organization of hierarchical bankers, to a team of 16,000 systematic innovators who learn every day and believe that everyone can be innovative.
Here’s a story how a small team tried to bring the best of both worlds together in a complex, corporate setup – effective processes and a humane environment that reaches deep into personal traits.&nbs
