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“Stop doing dumb stuff!” Patty McCord on reinventing the rules of work at Netflix
As the key architect of Netflix’s organizational culture, Patty McCord threw out the handbook — a process she describes in her aptly titled book, Powerful: Building a Culture of Freedom and Responsibility. In this edited conversation, McCord shares her radical approach to talent management and organizational development, highlighting the principles and practices that contributed to building a high-performance work environment and industry-defining corporate culture. Her … [ Read more ]
Authors: Patty McCord, Yih-Teen Lee | Source: IESE Insight | Subjects: Human Resources, Management
See the world as a startup does
Professor Rory McDonald, an expert in disruptive strategy, urges corporate leaders to learn from startups—and preschoolers—as they seek to reinvent their organizations.
Authors: Matthew Duffey, Rory McDonald, Tom Fleming | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Innovation, Management, Strategy
The importance of Misbehaving: A conversation with Richard Thaler
It’s common sense that people routinely make irrational decisions—“misbehave”—yet economics models stubbornly assume that everyone is perfectly rational. Behavioral-economics pioneer and Nobel prize winner Richard Thaler explains the divide between Econs and Humans, and the role of “choice architecture” in enabling long-term goals.
Authors: Jim Guszcza, Richard H. Thaler | Source: Deloitte Review | Subject: Economics
Author Talks: Andrew McAfee on how a ‘geek’ mindset can transform your business
Too often, business initiatives get mired in bureaucracy, overconfidence, and lack of ownership. Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Andrew McAfee explores reasons for the dysfunction—and how to fix it.
Authors: Andrew McAfee, Raju Narisetti | Source: McKinsey Quarterly | Subjects: Best Practices, Management, Organizational Behavior
Mission critical
Economist Mariana Mazzucato explains how solving society’s toughest problems starts with rethinking how value is created and innovation is incentivized.
Authors: Deborah Unger, Mariana Mazzucato | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Capitalism, Economics

Most Popular Thought Leader Posts

Aida Alvarez
Former head of the Small Business Administration; former investment banker at Bear Stearns and First Boston
Jack Welch
CEO of General Electric from 1981 to 2000
The Guru's Guru
A lively conversation with Peter Drucker, dean of the deep thinkers.
Charles Handy
Charles Handy is Europe's best known and most influential management thinker. In an interview with Joel Kurtzman, editor of Strategy & Business, Mr. Handy elaborates on his concept of 'membership community' for the corporate model of the future. 'Corporations are not things, they are the people who run them,' he says. 'In order to hold people inside the corporation, we can't really talk about them … [ Read more ]
Michael Porter
The Master of Strategy