The OP and the comments in this thread, remind me vaguely of the book "Maverick" by Ricardo Semmler about his company Semco. That's a pretty interesting read to

The OP and the comments in this thread, remind me vaguely of the book "Maverick" by Ricardo Semmler about his company Semco. That's a pretty interesting read too, about unconventional but successful and people-friendly company management techniques that Ricardo sort of pioneered with his company people. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maverick_(book) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maverick_(book) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricardo_Semler http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricardo_Semler