Perspectives on Management
Creative reflections on contemporary management practices. Celebrating deviance from the norm, magic and the humanities.
Esoteric Change Management: Marketing to change employees
Can change management be based on the same principles as marketing campaigns to change consumer behaviour? Introducing esoteric change management.
Deviant Behaviour as a Key Selection Criterion
The Lucid Manager is hiring and we are looking for people that don't fit the culture of the organisation and display deviant behaviour and thereby innovate.
The Virtues of Nepotism: Building strong organisations
Nepotism in the worklace is not an evil activity. Nepotism in the workplace can be used to create strong organisational cultures and high performance.
Becoming an Entrepreneur: Walking Through the Valley of Darkness
Becoming an entrepreneur requires you to think what no-one has thought yet and develop decision-making skills to make it happen.
The Consultant Shaman: Contemporary Rituals in Business
What do business consultants and shamans have in common? The consultant shaman helps to improve organisations through ritual and ceremony.
Predicting Behaviour in Recruitment: A Magician’s View
Using a magic trick performed by Teller to demonstrate that in recruitment past behaviour is not a good method for predicting behaviour.
The Lies We Tell — Double Deception in Recruitment
Recruitment interviews are a strange form of human interaction - both sides deceive each other. Deception in Recruitment happens at both sides of the table.
Generation Y Does not Exist
Dividing people into arbitrary generational cohorts is a useless activity. This article shows that Generation Y does not exist.