Category Archives: Examples
“MeetUp’s 100% Time Model”
In June 2009, Tony Bacigalupo wrote a great article called “Organizational Democracy in Action: Meetup’s 100% Time Model“ about how self-organized groups, and more, got started at MeetUp.com. Tony wrote: “The company had to make a drastic change, and fast. Announcing a … Continue reading
The Ethnographic Interview
In 2002, I read “The Ethnographic Interview” by JP Spradley (1979). It’s written very formally, but it gave me an excellent approach for how to do interviews. I was in Professor Roger Dunbar‘s “Management and Organizational Behavior” class at New … Continue reading
Manager vs maker schedules
“Maker’s Schedule, Manager’s Schedule” by Paul Graham. Thanks to Amye Scavarda for posting on her website. Related to: #70. Of the 365 days in a year, 100 are weekends.
Code of Ur-Nammu
Source: “Code of Ur-Nammu” at Wikipedia Written: 2100 BC-2050 BC. Credited to king Ur-Nammu of Ur (2112-2095 BC). Maybe written by his son Shulgi. The Constitution …After An and Enlil had turned over the Kingship of Ur to Nanna, at that time did Ur-Nammu, son born … Continue reading
Too quick to choose
Sheena Iyengar’s TED talk about choice shows that we have some assumptions about choice. A common assumption in America is that when one chooses for oneself, things are better. She describes research that shows American children generally did much better … Continue reading