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May 12, 2021
3 Organizational Models To Decentralize Your Company - Radically
Joost Minnaar Written by Joost Minnaar
For a few years, I argued that most pioneering firms on our Bucket List move beyond traditional multi-layer hierarchies via organizational…
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Mar 09, 2026
Positive vs Negative Freedom in Organizations: The Distinction That Changes Everything
Joost Minnaar Written by Joost Minnaar
In 1941, Erich Fromm published Escape from Freedom to understand something that puzzled him: why people sometimes flee from freedom when…
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Mar 23, 2026
Leadership selection methods: why random selection outperforms the "best" approach
Pim de Morree Written by Pim de Morree
Here's something that most organizations take for granted: if you want a group to perform well, you need to carefully select the best…
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Apr 27, 2026
Organizational silos: what the Titanic teaches us about information that never arrives
Joost Minnaar Written by Joost Minnaar
Ask anyone what sank the Titanic and you'll get the same answer: an iceberg.Maybe they'll add the part about the lifeboats, the band…
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May 04, 2026
Positional leadership: the emperor's new clothes of management
Joost Minnaar Written by Joost Minnaar
Last night I read The Emperor's New Clothes to my kids before bed.You know the tale. Two swindlers convince a vain emperor they can weave…
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May 18, 2026
Sociocracy 3.0 examples: what a prison, a bank, and an outdoor retailer taught us
Joost Minnaar Written by Joost Minnaar
Last week around this time we were in Zurich, Switzerland. Three visits to pioneering organizations. A local gathering with over 140…
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Jun 01, 2026
Chain of command: your organization's biggest single point of failure
Joost Minnaar Written by Joost Minnaar
This winter my family and I were driving a campervan through northeast Australia. We started up north in the Daintree rainforest and were…
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