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Maverick!
The Success Story Behind the World's Most Unusual Workplace
Book • 1988
The book relates the management succession and increasingly unorthodox ethos of Semco.
Semler transformed the company by implementing radical policies such as allowing workers to set their own production quotas, practicing profit sharing down to the factory floor level, and simplifying business processes.
This approach led to significant success and made the book a worldwide bestseller.
Semler transformed the company by implementing radical policies such as allowing workers to set their own production quotas, practicing profit sharing down to the factory floor level, and simplifying business processes.
This approach led to significant success and made the book a worldwide bestseller.
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as an example of a CEO who ran a company in a unique way.


Joe Hudson

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when discussing the impact of streaming on the movie industry.


Matt Belloni

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Four Industry Experts Debate Hollywood’s Moviegoing Crisis
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as a mega banger among his favorite business books.

Noah Kagan

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394: How to WIN on YouTube in 2025 ft. Noah Kagan
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as a biography of Thomas Sowell.


Glenn Loury

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John McWhorter & Jason Riley – The Affirmative Action Myth
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as an example of a book illustrating leadership transformation.

Vasco Duarte

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as a book he forgot to plug last time, it's about 24 people throughout history who've had weird lives.

Tom Scott

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as the book that gave them permission to build their business their own way.


Jason Fried

Rapid Fire with Jason & David
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as an author who wrote about Alberta's independent cowboy streak.


Rob Russo

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as the author of a recent book on Thomas Sowell.


Megyn Kelly

Supreme Court's Seismic Affirmative Action Ruling and More, with Jason Riley, Heather Mac Donald, Carrie Prejean, and Britt Mayer | Ep. 578
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as the author of 'Maverick: A Biography of Thomas Sowell' and 'Please Stop Helping Us'.


Megyn Kelly

Jason Riley on Critical Race Theory, Policing in America, and Thomas Sowell's Honest Intellectualism | Ep. 115
Mentioned as the biography of Thomas Sowell, previously discussed in episode 34.

"Affirmative Action Revisited" with Jason Riley