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Good work

by E. F. Schumacher · first published 1979

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  • pdfernhout · Jan 3, 2020 · Recommends

    …Idealist of interest (although many may have their own issues as the non-profit world can have its own dysfunctions): https://www.idealist.org/ You might like some things written by E.F. Schumacher like "Good Work": https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/313764.Good_Work Or maybe "Honest Business"? https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/582299.Honest_Business Also, "What Color is Your Parachute" is also great. Or…

    on “Focus has become more valuable than intelligence (2018)” ↗
  • decode · Nov 26, 2012 · Mentions

    This reminds me of a similar story told by E.F. Schumacher in his 1979 book "Good Work." Quoting from the chapter "A viable future visible in the present": The second link of my little chain is this company called Scott Bader, a plastics company founded by Ernest Bader, a Swiss Quaker…

    on “On 81st birthday, Oregon man gives company to employees (2010)” ↗

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