We’ve covered a lot of ground over the past several years in these pages. We’ve talked about everything from free-market capitalism to history – even physics. In due course we will talk more about what leadership in an organization really is, and how to manage it. It encourages personal ties which rise to the level of cultishness. MORE >>

The word “entrepreneur” is one of those that sends pulses racing and sets hearts a-fluttering among management gurus and organizational “leaders” around the world. It sparks images of boldness and creativity, daring endeavors and world-changing innovation. Or, perhaps more relevantly for our purposes, the entrepreneurial core of management. MORE >>

Most discussions about reconciling one’s person with one’s work – particularly when we wake up one day to find that we’ve been, for decades perhaps, neglecting that little point -  tend to start with a reexamination of who we are. What kind of a person are we, or do we want to be, we ask ourselves. What kind of story does it tell? That’s great. MORE >>

Sramana Mitra has plotted out a series of books on various aspects of entrepreneurial activity with regard to its effects on management and on the general economy. They all are formed around interviews with entrepreneurs whose experiences illustrate the main theme of each volume. There is no chin-stroking, skyward gazing theorizing going on here. MORE >>

We have been reviewing the argument against individual leadership in modern organizations. We have discussed the problems with. the oddly persuasive insistence that grown managers can and should alter their very personalities in ways that have not been shown to even be possible, and which may rather more likely be harmful to attempt. Far from it. MORE >>