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I really like Ricardo Semler's two books, Maverick and The Seven Day Weekend.

I'm a real believer that there must be new more concious ways to do business, incorporating other things that just profit.

He really seems to get this the way he runs his brazilian company - Semco. I found the books themselves an enjoyable read too.


I wrote a post about Ricardo Semler on the radiant souls blog:

Key Points

• You choose your job description, your manager and how much you get paid.
• You can work when / where you want - just as you can check your emails on a sunday evening you're free to go to the cinema on a monday afternoon
• As your interests change - so can your job. Talk about new ideas you have for projects and the company will try to support you in creating that
• No managers monitoring what you are doing - no chain of command, even Ricardo himself doesn't have a job title and doesn't give orders.
• Informal meetings, no long term planning (6 months maximum), the company has no mission statement or profit goals.
• Transparency, you know what salaries people earn - very little office politics