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Accountants Will Save the World

Harvard Business Review

A transport company like TNT is a typical beneficiary of globalization. We were building social capital, but we didn't have a way to tell our shareholders — or be held accountable to keep doing it. During my time as CEO of TNT N.V. There is no doubt we benefited from this.

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Case Study: Is Holacracy for Us?

Harvard Business Review

Rogier hadn’t once mentioned holacracy or self-managed teams, even though the executive team and the board had been talking for months about transitioning to just such a system at the global construction company. But we’re a global company. It hits our collective reputation and our finances.”