In the introduction, I posited that there are two extreme models of how organizations should be run. The heart of this book is my belief that you can choose what type of organization you want to create, and I’ve shown you some of the tools to do so. The “low-freedom” extreme is the command-and-control organization, where employees are managed tightly, worked intensely, and discarded. The “high-freedom” extreme is based on liberty, where employees are treated with dignity and given a voice in how the company evolves. Both models can be very profitable, but this book presumes that the most
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