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Ricardo Semler
Brazilian
Businessman
Born:
1959
Employees
Growth
Life
People
Work
You
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Once employees feel challenged, invigorated and productive, their efforts will naturally translate into profit and growth for the organisation.
Ricardo Semler
Will
Employees
Profit
Once
Feel
Efforts
Translate
Organisation
Productive
Naturally
Challenged
Growth
Bill Gore from Goretex was a very strong influence because he was one of the first larger companies to experiment with freedom in the workplace.
Ricardo Semler
Freedom
Strong
First
Experiment
He
Gore
Because
Very
Influence
Bill
Companies
Workplace
Larger
If you look at any kind of modern organization and you think, 'What are the foremost tools of power?' You will find that it is information.
Ricardo Semler
You
Organization
Will
Power
Think
Tools
Kind
Find
Look
Foremost
Modern
Any
Information
People are too keen to follow standard preconceptions of how organisations should work. All too often, we feel that we are unable to make changes and so hope that someone, somewhere in your organisation knows what we are doing and what the overall aim is.
Ricardo Semler
Work
Hope
People
Somewhere
Too
Changes
Aim
Unable
Follow
Someone
Feel
Overall
Make
Knows
How
Doing
Often
Preconceptions
Organisation
Organisations
Should
Your
Standard
Keen
A high percentage of organisations develop a military rationale, whereby only a very small number of people make all of the decisions. There is little wonder, then, that people aren't keen to get out of bed and come to work on a Monday morning.
Ricardo Semler
Work
Morning
People
Military
Monday
Out
High
High Percentage
Percentage
Only
Small
Rationale
Develop
Come
Make
Bed
Very
Wonder
Get
Whereby
Decisions
Little
Then
Organisations
Keen
Monday Morning
Number
No-one works for money alone and tapping into what people want from their careers and what they have to offer is essential.
Ricardo Semler
Alone
People
Money
No-One
Tapping
Offer
Essential
Want
Works
Careers
One of the things that is very silly - and I hear from educators all the time - is that schools essentially teach kids to learn. They don't need school for that. Learning is what they do best.
Ricardo Semler
Time
Best
Learning
School
Kids
One Of The Things
Silly
Schools
Learn
Hear
Educators
Very
Essentially
Teach
Things
Need
The purpose of work is to make the worker - whether a working stiff or a CEO - feel good about life.
Ricardo Semler
Life
Work
Good
Feel Good
About
Purpose
Feel
Make
Stiff
Whether
CEO
Worker
Working
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