Traversing the Maze of Organizational Hierarchy

A leitmotif in Henry Ford’s My Life and Work and Eric Schmidt and Jonathan Rosenberg is their similar views on the perils of excessive organizational hierarchy — both of which resonated with my thinking.   I was recently reading Henry Ford’s autobiography, where in the chapter “Machines and Men,” Ford touches up how “genius for organization”

Multiple Miracles in a Row… huh!

I was reading “How Google Works,” a quick and witty read on the driving principles and inner workings of one of the seminal internet companies of our times. The authors, Eric Schmidt and Jonathan Rosenberg teach some valuable lessons on corporate management with several engaging anecdotes from the firm’s past. Among many parables in the