Talk:Ricardo Semler

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This article was proposed for deletion December 2004. The archived discussion is available at Votes for deletion/Ricardo Semler. The discussion is over: keep was the verdict.

"Lattice organization"
The article mentions that Semler moved his company from a Gore-inspired "matrix organisation" to a "lattice organization":


 * Attempts to introduce a matrix organisational structure, promoted by Delaware-based consultancy W. L. Gore, failed to achieve desired improvements. Adoption of a lattice structure in 1985 with six to ten workers placed in charge of particular tasks - with a sense of ownership and financial responsibility alike - proved to be very successful as productivity rose and costs fell.

I'm wondering if this terminology is a little confused. Here I found an interview with Gore, wherein he says


 * I THINK THE THING THAT has enabled us to be successful with Gore-tex, and with some other inventions, is that we flattened the organization out, eliminated titles, created what we call a "lattice organization," and made an effort to enlarge the freedom of everyone in the enterprise to the maximum degree.

This suggests that A) Gore's business model is the "lattice" model and "matrix" is something else, and that B) Semler didn't move away from Gore's business model but rather toward it. Can anyone comment on this? --Ryguasu 19:57, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

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Hi,

well written and structured article with much information. I like the connection of biographical facts with those of the company. It becomes clear that the Semco way is based on respect for each other (customers,suppliers,colleagues) and the fact that the ten principles got a long tradition. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Zvo.b (talk • contribs) on 2011-07-15

Does he have a Harvard MBA?
I don't believe he does. More importantly, Ricardo himself doesn't think so either.

He failed to mention it at all in his book "Maverick!", and he even wrote an article for the "Harvard Business Review" in 1989 and it wasn't mentioned there either (which seems odd, since it was the HBR),

The "Strategy + Business" article (referenced in the wiki article) specifically says he has "no advanced business degree".

It is true he speaks regularly at Harvard and MIT (as mentioned in the S+B article) - yet Harvard haven't claimed him as an alumni on their wikipedia page.

Maybe those who think he has a Harvard MBA should provide some evidence to back up that claim? And I don't mean that CNN article (also referenced in the wiki article) - which, by the way, erroneously claims he was 24 when he becaome CEO of Semco. He was 21 (again, this is confirmed in both "Maverick!" and the "S+B" article). — Preceding unsigned comment added by Warnester (talk • contribs) 07:10, 28 October 2012 (UTC)

Include more about post-2004?
What about Semler and SEMCO since then until 2014? --77.180.36.22 (talk) 08:31, 30 May 2014 (UTC)