C. Keith Ray wrote:
> 
> Recently read Ricardo Semler's book "The Seven-Day Weekend",
 > which describes his unusually democratic company, Semco. Even
 > though he's CEO, his projects can get out-voted and un-funded
 > by the employees. Much of what he described sounded like Agile
> methods (self-directed workers) applied to an entire company --
> including not writing down stuff [like "five-year plans"] on
 > paper.

FWIW, Geoffrey Slinker has been working on "Maverick Development"
for a while now, see:

   http://home.att.net/~geoffrey.slinker/agile.html

Regards,
-- 
Bil Kleb, Hampton, Virginia


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