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Sep 2020
55m 6s

What if Your Company Had No Rules?

Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher
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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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