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Essay/Philosophy

Living in the Extreme

Posted on 1st August 2020 by Ludvig / 0 Comment

When he was fourteen years old, the Norwegian painter Edvard Munch witnessed the death of his older sister Sophie from tuberculosis, at a time when there was no...

Essay/Organizational design

On Tyranny

Posted on 25th December 2019 by Ludvig / 0 Comment

In Ancient Greece, a tyrant (τύραννος) was someone who seized absolute power over a city by force, without due consideration for tradition or law. The word did ...

Essay/Organizational design

Understanding Competition and Cooperation

Posted on 6th August 2018 by Ludvig / 0 Comment

Contemporary society literally surrounds us with a semantic mess when it comes to the way human interactions are to be “managed.” On the one hand, we are bombar...

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...

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...

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 ...

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