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Google’s 20% time at accounting firms?

It’s well known that Google encourages their employees to spend roughly equal to one day per week pursuing personal projects, or about 20% of their time at work. The results of this unique policy are numerous and successful: Gmail, Google … Continue reading

06. October 2007 by Neil
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Saga of Semco continues

I blogged about Semco SA yesterday, but it was a shallow, dull post merely outlining the ways in which the management philosophy has improved opera­tions for the Brazilian manufac­turing and environmental/IT services company. Some more inter­esting details: Due to management … Continue reading

14. August 2006 by Neil
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Unorthodox management style is paying off for Semco

Semco is a Brazilian company that has recently taken digg by storm and is making waves amongst more real world folks too. The company is turning pretty much every­thing we know about how to run a business organi­zation upside down, … Continue reading

13. August 2006 by Neil
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