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Author: Ludvig

Essay/Management

The Art of the Sale

Posted on 6th August 2018 by Ludvig / 0 Comment

Economics tells us that selling is about understanding a customer’s needs and delivering a product to meet them. In the world of homo oeconomicus, the success o...

Essay/Philosophy

On the Careful Use of Language

Posted on 5th August 2018 by Ludvig / 0 Comment

Although primates in general are among the most social of mammal species, very few primate groups are capable of supporting more than eighteen males. Beyond thi...

Essay/Organizational design

Why Hierarchy is Everywhere

Posted on 2nd August 2018 by Ludvig / 0 Comment

Abhorred by some as a means for social domination, adored by others for its apparent success, hierarchy (from ancient Greek hiereus (ἱερεύς) “priest” and arkh...

Book review/Organizational design

Designing the Office

Posted on 28th May 2016 by Ludvig / 0 Comment

In Cubed (2015), Nikil Saval offers a refreshing and well-sourced history of the American office, from the counting houses of the nineteenth century to the Goog...

Essay/Organizational design

The Uses and Misuses of Competition

Posted on 29th February 2016 by Ludvig / 0 Comment

There is an interesting analogy to be made between today’s corporations and the mystery surrounding the construction of the ancient Egyptian Pyramids. How could...

Essay/Management

On Office Politics

Posted on 13th October 2015 by Ludvig / 0 Comment

The exercise of power is not something that solely belongs to the realm of government. One could argue that nearly all organizations are prone to power games. D...

Book review/Philosophy

The Limits of Reason

Posted on 9th January 2015 by Ludvig / 0 Comment

The idea that man is a fundamentally rational being goes back a long way. Descartes believed that our capacity for thinking and reasoning would allow us to disc...

Essay/Philosophy

A World Unexpected

Posted on 12th July 2014 by Ludvig / 0 Comment

The following article is the result of a still ongoing personal reflection about the way humans relate to their natural environment. It draws upon a variety of ...

Book review

The Nature of Technology

Posted on 23rd May 2014 by Ludvig / 0 Comment

William Brian Arthur’s most recent book, The Nature of Technology: What it is and How it Evolves, is a truly interdisciplinary work that will take you through a...

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