Reflections on Matthew Szulik and closing the ‘executive gap’

by David Burney August 27, 2010

Almost exactly two years ago I left Red Hat to start what would become New Kind. I’d been there for four and a half years. It was wonderful and challenging; one of the great adventures of my life.
There are several reasons it was so rewarding:
+ I was working on meaningful work. We were proving that [...]

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Institutional innovation, Mark Twain and John Seely Brown

by David Burney August 19, 2010

If you’re a designer who thinks design deserves a ’seat at the table’ you have to love John Seely Brown— a design hero and sherpa for the 21st century.
His book The Power of Pull, co-written with John Hagel III, works off their recurring theme that “management practices and corporate institutions are fundamentally broken.” The sub-title—how [...]

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The official New Kind policy on policies

by David Burney August 18, 2010

My friend and business partner Chris Grams wrote a great blog earlier this week on whether or not companies should have vacation policies. We decided long ago at New Kind that we would not have a vacation or sick leave policy. You need or want time off, take it. We support it. [...]

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