What if Your Company Had No Rules?

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What if Your Company Had No Rules?

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Sep 12, 2020

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Netflix co-founder Reed Hastings came to believe that corporate rules can kill creativity and innovation. In this latest edition of the Freakonomics Radio Book Club, guest host Maria Konnikova talks to Hastings about his new book, No Rules Rules, and why for some companies the greatest risk is taking no risks at all.

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Sep 12, 2020

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