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Achieving complex objectives indirectly.
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Complexity tends to be resilient, while simplicity tends to be fragile. | George Monbiot
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So why is Siri so awful? Management dysfunction, culture wars, and lack of vision.
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People, nature, and democracy should come first, in business and society
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An agenda for longform writing on Work Futures
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New research shows that groupthink gets in the way
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Is some other beginning's end | Seneca
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But we go round, or scramble over obstacles
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Minimum Viable Work
Minimum Viable WorkThe way we’re working isn't working
Minimum Viable Work Means Less WorkAnd zero bullshit from management
It's Bosses All The Way DownA response to 'No boss? No thanks. Why managers are more important than ever.'
The Ideal Worker Is All Work, All The TimeIs 'Love Your Work' Just Propaganda?
Emergent Culture and Minimum Viable ManagementA less-is-more approach to leadership
Minimum Viable OfficeIs getting people back in the office just a boomer power play?
Overwork and the Cult of AmbitionWhat we can learn from Naomi Osaka.
A Working Future
Beneath and Beyond Corporate CultureHalf-truths, pretense, and fragmentation in contemporary corporate culture
Who Owns Work, and Its Future?The majority of businesses operate on premises that are grounded in folklore, not science.
We Need A New Work CultureAnd we can’t wait for more enlightened management to show up or grow up.
A Manifesto For A New Way Of WorkWe need a revolution in our thinking about business, and how we organize ourselves to accomplish work, as individuals, networks, and businesses.
What Drives Us?How will a shift to new economics, to new forms of organization and organizational culture shape our drives?
Paradoxes of Engagement
Paradoxes of Engagement: Remote Isn’tDo remote workers make their managers better?
Paradoxes of Engagement: What Makes Teams Work?It's not IQ, extroversion, or team motivation
Paradoxes of Engagement: Workers are not AssetsThey are investors.
Paradoxes of Engagement: Most Managers Are Afraid To CommunicateEven though it's their most important job
Paradoxes of Engagement: Fit versus BelongingBetter to make people feel they belong than excluding those you think don't.
Paradoxes of Engagement: First Trust, Then TrustworthinessManagers are having a hard time trusting remote workers. Why?
Paradoxes of Engagement: Less Video, More UnderstandingDoes widespread video conferencing lead to less trust and lower performance?
Paradoxes of Engagement: Less Communication Is MoreMinimizing hours for synchronous communication makes us more productive

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