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Category: Organizational design

How do we shape the rules of the game, so that we get to the best possible outcome? Thoughts on the nuts and bolts that make up structures and processes in organizations.

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/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...

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