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Companies Fit for the Future (& for People)

The only way to build an organization that’s truly fit for the future is to build one that’s truly fit for human beings. Why we need to reinvent management.
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‘Modern’ management arose more than a century ago “to maximize standardization, specialization, hierarchy, control, and shareholder interests.” The model contributed to global prosperity but are the values now driving our most powerful institutions fundamentally at odds with those of this age?

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Zero-sum thinking, profit-obsession, power, conformance, control, hierarchy, and obedience don’t stand a chance against community, interdependence, freedom, flexibility, transparency, meritocracy, and self-determination. “It’s time to radically rethink how we mobilize people and organize resources to productive ends.”

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