About the Kickers Table
Why foosball tables fail inside company offices but work in co-working spaces and off-sites, and what that reveals about optionality, incentive structures, and organizational design.
6 docs tagged with "organizational-design"
View all tagsCompressed Compensation Bands Are a Recipe for Disaster
Why narrow pay ranges kill motivation, flatten compensation trajectories, and hard-code mediocrity — with real numbers showing the long-term impact.
My Model for a Better Work Culture
A comprehensive blueprint for rethinking company structure, compensation, leadership, and innovation—built for transparency, flexibility, and meritocracy.
Soft Skills Is Not the Correct Term — It’s Processes
Why the term 'soft skills' misleads professionals, and how reframing them as teachable, repeatable processes changes how we hire, train, and lead.
The Game-Aware, Economically Rational Actor — And an Offboarding Process That Promotes Transparency
Why employees hide their intent to leave, how current corporate norms punish honesty, and a better system that rewards transparency during exits.
Value Preservation vs. Value Creation
Why companies built to protect what they have slowly stagnate — and why high-performing cultures must tie steep compensation trajectories to value creation.