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As a reverse fairy tale for the CEO set, the reality television program Undercover Boss is fascinating, not so much in the witness-to-a-train- wreck mode of the rest of the genre, but because it is so revealing of our conflicted relationship with "the boss."

The premise of the show--that the...

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Our big goal here at the MIX is to inspire and unleash as much collective aspiration, audacity, imagination, energy, and passion as possible when it comes to making all of our organizations fit for the future--and fit for human beings.

We've said it before: so much is broken when it...

Polly LaBarre on serendipity as a Management 2.0 principle.
Polly LaBarre on openness as a Management 2.0 principle.
Polly LaBarre on meaning as a Management 2.0 principle.
Polly LaBarre on radical autonomy as a Management 2.0 principle.
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Everybody hates it, but so much of life is ruled by it: bureaucracy. It's time to bust up the ideology of control that has infiltrated every aspect of organizational life.

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For all of the time spent chasing after what looks like success, too many of us have only a dim sense of what it feels like. That's clearly a wide-spread cultural malady, but it acquires special force in the world of work.

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Editor's Note: This is the first in a series we're running in conjunction with our friends at Fortune. Called "Fit for Human Beings," the posts will explore what it takes to create organizations that are as resilient, inventive, inspiring, and accountable as the people who...

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