HBR's 10 Must Reads 2025 by Harvard Business Review

Author:Harvard Business Review
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harvard Business Review Press
Published: 2024-10-08T00:00:00+00:00

While I am advocating for worker liberation, I am not advocating for an anarchical approach to management in which employers have no responsibility or guardrails whatsoever, or in which employees do whatever they want without regard to anyone else. Author Toni Morrison reminds us that recklessness is not freedom, and that “the function of freedom is to free someone else.” And in the words of author Audre Lorde, “Without community, there is no liberation.”

The majority of workers recognize that the implicit agreement between employees and their employers is built on the compromise of freedom within constraints. I am simply advocating that this agreement be fair and just—and equally accessible to workers from all backgrounds and social categories. Employees don’t want to feel that they must suppress who they are or put themselves in a box in order to succeed. They want to bring their real selves to work and pursue opportunities for growth that draw on their strengths. At the same time, they have to know that they can step back when necessary and that there is room for error as long as it helps them learn. When companies work toward the four freedoms, they align employees’ core needs with their day-to-day work experiences, generating benefits for the individual as well as the organization.

Originally published on hbr.org, September 14, 2023. Reprint H07SLH

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