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The Permissionless Corporation

The idea that digital technologies are fundamentally changing knowledge work is not new. We’ve been talking about the paperless office for decades.

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A New Social Contract for Teams

Eric Starkloff was on a mission to reinvent his company. As the incoming CEO of NI (formerly National Instruments), a Texas-based automated test  

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Elevate Employees, Don’t Eliminate Them

A traumatic discontinuity like the Covid-19 pandemic presents an opportunity to reconnect on fresh terms—with families, friends, coworkers, and even ourselves. For businesses this moment provides a chance 

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The High Cost of Poor Succession Planning

In August 2013, Steve Ballmer abruptly announced that he would step down as chief executive of Microsoft as soon as his replacement could be found. Thus began one of the most important CEO searches

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