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Better, More Productive Employees for Less Money?

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How can you get better, more productive, more dedicated, harder working employees for less money?  CSR or Corporate Social Responsibility studies show people will work harder with better performance for 27% less pay for companies that have a "transcendent" mission/vision. Why?  Because people want a job that has meaning, not just a place to earn a paycheck.  Here's more on the topic from the Freakonomics Podcast... "Is Good Corporate Citizenship also Good for the Bottom Line?" http://freakonomics.com/tag/csr/

Complexity is your enemy?

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https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/you-want-loyal-employees-stop-making-things-so-brigette-hyacinth/

Great Spirits...

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Einstein might have had some challenges in his personal life, but his quotes are pretty incredible...

Opposite Day...

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Part of my 101 Training, just a classic short video of Agile anti-patterns.  Thank you to Platinum Edge for creating this... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mffJThaIvg

Stimulus and Response

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Radical Transparency?

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Sounds crazy?  It worked for a HUGELY successful hedge fund company! https://www.cnbc.com/2017/09/12/bridgewaters-ray-dalio-the-leadership-strategy-behind-my-success.html

Disease of Bureaucracy?

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Elon Musk of TESLA, and the CEO of JP Morgan/Chase Jamie Dimon talk about the 'disease of bureaucracy' and why most meetings are a waste of time.  (Thanks to Kevin Dearing!) https://www.thestreet.com/world/teslas-elon-musk-joins-jpmorgan-chief-dimon-in-rejecting-bureaucratic-meetings-14559824?puc=yahoo&cm_ven=YAHOO&yptr=yahoo Most notably, JPMorgan Chase & Co. ( JPM  -  Get Report )  CEO Jamie Dimon said in his most recent  letter to shareholders  that   "bureaucracy is a disease." "Bureaucracy drives out good people, slows down decision making, kills innovation and is often the petri dish of bad politics," Dimon wrote. "Large organizations, in fact   all organizations, should be thought of as always slowing down and getting more bureaucratic. Therefore, leaders must continually drive for speed and accuracy to eliminate waste and kill bureaucracy . When you get in great shape, you don't stop exercising." Dimon sa...