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Normative Ethics: Deontology, Utilitarianism, and Virtue Ethics
Normative Ethics: Deontology, Utilitarianism, and Virtue Ethics
[Week 30, 2020] What does philosophy have to do with organizational design? Quite a bit, as it turns out.
Andreas Holmer
Oct 14, 2021
💫 Change your thinking, change the world
💫 Change your thinking, change the world
[Week 14, 2024] In search of a new mental model of organizational design and development.
Andreas Holmer
Jun 30
Hands-On Leadership, Achievement Paradox, Budgetary Control
Hands-On Leadership, Achievement Paradox, Budgetary Control
[Week 39, 2023] Why executives needs hands-on experience, and other insights.
Andreas Holmer
Dec 20, 2023
Viral Coefficient, Job Goals, and Open Book Management
Viral Coefficient, Job Goals, and Open Book Management
[Week 41, 2023] Why your job is not your job, and other insights.
Andreas Holmer
Jan 2
Market Fragmentation, the Five Factor Model, and Creative Control
Market Fragmentation, the Five Factor Model, and Creative Control
[Week 51, 2023] Why and when it might be a good idea for a manager to have 15+ direct reports, and other insights.
Andreas Holmer
Mar 18
Rethinking Research, Purposeful Reading, and Collective Meritocracy
Rethinking Research, Purposeful Reading, and Collective Meritocracy
[Week 44, 2023] How to uncover customer value by focusing on what rather than the how, and other insights.
Andreas Holmer
Jan 29
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👬 The ideal management span varies within organizations
👬 The ideal management span varies within organizations
[Week 15, 2024] The ideal number of direct reports per manager varies depending on these two factors.
Andreas Holmer
Jul 14
🏗️ There is no such thing as an ideal management span
🏗️ There is no such thing as an ideal management span
[Week 14, 2024] Your management span is a product of your innovation need and talent density.
Andreas Holmer
Jul 11
📈 Small but consistent actions generate surprising results
📈 Small but consistent actions generate surprising results
[Week 12, 2024] The path to 300 and what’s next for WorkMatters.
Andreas Holmer
Jun 23
Scale Economies, Consistent Effort, and the Nature of Accounting
Scale Economies, Consistent Effort, and the Nature of Accounting
Successful organizations do three things: they create more value than they capture, they optimize for personal fulfillment, and they remain…
Andreas Holmer
Jun 17
Don’t (Always) Listen to Customers, Control Your Schedule, and Break Down Information Silos
Don’t (Always) Listen to Customers, Control Your Schedule, and Break Down Information Silos
[Week 10, 2024] Ideas on strategic optionality, the nature of knowledge work, and the problem of information silos.
Andreas Holmer
Jun 9
Superlinear Thinking, Reading Habits, and Customer Centricity
Superlinear Thinking, Reading Habits, and Customer Centricity
[Week 9, 2024] Ideas on nonlinear returns, the importance of developing a reading habit, and the connection between purpose and customer…
Andreas Holmer
Jun 2
Dark Software, Life Focus, and Economic Engagement
Dark Software, Life Focus, and Economic Engagement
[Week 8, 2024] Ideas on a new SaaS business model, why to shift one’s focus in life, and the organizational benefits of economic…
Andreas Holmer
May 26
NABC Propositions, Doing Your Best, and Stochastic Sampling
NABC Propositions, Doing Your Best, and Stochastic Sampling
[Week 7, 2024] Ideas on value prop design, what it means do to your best, and how to collect organizational insights.
Andreas Holmer
May 19
Category Creation, Listening to Win, and Knee-Jerk Management
Category Creation, Listening to Win, and Knee-Jerk Management
[Week 9, 2024] Business insights from the Knowledge Project podcast.
Andreas Holmer
May 12
Ringelmann Effect, AIDA Model, and How to Avoid Disruption, Part 5/5
Ringelmann Effect, AIDA Model, and How to Avoid Disruption, Part 5/5
[Week 5, 2024] How and why smaller team are more productive than bigger ones, and other insights.
Andreas Holmer
May 8
Manual Valuable Process, Habit Systems, and Avoid Disruption, Part ⅘
Manual Valuable Process, Habit Systems, and Avoid Disruption, Part ⅘
[Week 4, 2024] How and why you should processize before you productize, and other insights.
Andreas Holmer
Apr 29
6Ds of Exponentials, Adaptive Management, and Avoid Disruption, Part ⅗
6Ds of Exponentials, Adaptive Management, and Avoid Disruption, Part ⅗
[Week 3, 2024] How industries transform through six non-sequential steps, and other insights
Andreas Holmer
Apr 22
Willingness to Pay, The Lindy Effect, and Avoid Disruption, Part ⅖
Willingness to Pay, The Lindy Effect, and Avoid Disruption, Part ⅖
[Week 2, 2024] How and why price should figure into your segmentation strategy, and other insights.
Andreas Holmer
Apr 15
Nurture Innovation, Embrace Sales, and Avoid Disruption, Part ⅕
Nurture Innovation, Embrace Sales, and Avoid Disruption, Part ⅕
[Week 1, 2024] How and why to protect nascent ideas, and other insights.
Andreas Holmer
Apr 8
Feature Bloat, Minimalist Entrepreneurship, and Management Layers
Feature Bloat, Minimalist Entrepreneurship, and Management Layers
[Week 52, 2023] Why and how too many features can lead to disruption, and other insights.
Andreas Holmer
Mar 25
Market Fragmentation, the Five Factor Model, and Creative Control
Market Fragmentation, the Five Factor Model, and Creative Control
[Week 51, 2023] Why and when it might be a good idea for a manager to have 15+ direct reports, and other insights.
Andreas Holmer
Mar 10
Soft Skills, Multipreneurship, and Chaordic Systems
Soft Skills, Multipreneurship, and Chaordic Systems
[Week 50, 2023] How and why AI makes soft skills more important, and other insights.
Andreas Holmer
Mar 3
Seating Machines, Balanced Productivity, and Systemic Leadership
Seating Machines, Balanced Productivity, and Systemic Leadership
[Week 49, 2023] How and why to innovate in meaning rather than features, and other insights.
Andreas Holmer
Feb 27
Product Marketers, Intrinsic Motivation, and Transforming GEA
Product Marketers, Intrinsic Motivation, and Transforming GEA
[Week 48, 2023] Why Airbnb turned its Product Managers into Product Marketers, and other insights.
Andreas Holmer
Feb 19
Reframing Emergencies, Resting Smiles, and Agile Coaching
Reframing Emergencies, Resting Smiles, and Agile Coaching
[Week 47, 2023] How and why to turn emergencies into opportunities, and other insights.
Andreas Holmer
Feb 12
Disguised Marketplaces, Founder’s Path, and Progressive Decentralization
Disguised Marketplaces, Founder’s Path, and Progressive Decentralization
[Week 46, 2023] How and why to ease into decentralization, and other insights.
Andreas Holmer
Feb 5
Differentiating Work, Helping Others, and Premature Scaling
Differentiating Work, Helping Others, and Premature Scaling
[Week 44, 2023] How and why to look beyond table stakes for future growth opportunities, and other insights.
Andreas Holmer
Jan 22
Calculated Risks, Towards Equanimity, and Management Span
Calculated Risks, Towards Equanimity, and Management Span
[Week 43, 2023] How and why risk is a kew driver of customer value, and other insights.
Andreas Holmer
Jan 16
Customer Focus, Age-Related Muscle Loss, and Turning Radius of Organizations
Customer Focus, Age-Related Muscle Loss, and Turning Radius of Organizations
[Week 42, 2023] How and why narrow customer focus enables meaningful engagement, and other insights.
Andreas Holmer
Jan 7
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