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What Happens When All Employees Work When They Feel Like It

Harvard Business Review

A five-day work week consisting of eight-hour days happens to be the social norm in many of our societies at present, but I have long thought that a company that disrupts that kind of social norm in its industry could potentially build a momentous competitive advantage out of it. Eden and McCallum’s idea was: Come work for us!

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Revenge of the HourlyNerds

Harvard Business Review

Last week’s news that Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban put $450K into the $750K seed round of consulting startup HourlyNerd should make traditional consultants nervous. business schools and select international schools to bid on consulting projects that have been posted by prospective clients, mostly small business owners.