CHAPTER 8

BUILDING YOUR OWN KNOWLEDGE WORK FACTORY

We’ve been building toward this point in the book for a long time. Now we’re going to put these insights to work, so you can build your own knowledge work factory. You’ll see what’s simple, and what isn’t. You’ll witness a frontline struggle between the forces of industrialization and advocates of the status quo. You’ll get winning ideas from a thought leader who “lost” a battle with Henry Ford. And you’ll be treated to a brilliant cameo performance from one of our heroes from earlier in the book.

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Building the Factory: Overwhelmingly Simple

It’s amazing how much a little knowledge can change your worldview. Not long ago—as in, back in Chapter 5—the prospect ...

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