There are eight characteristics of modern management practice which are similar to the lives of the hunter-gatherers. Craft-based, resulting in pride in one s work. Mazaar pointed out that the idea of apprenticeship is spilling over into educational theory.
Identity is on a small, human scale.
The Maven of the Web or the User of Web Tools, are be- ing used by some craftsmen, as the Native Americans did. Companies are beginning to realize that loyalty engendered by a life-time job will get them better results, productivity, efficiency, growth and value than the money saved by periodic downsizing. Mazaar gave the example of Southwest Airlines, which does this a little bit. Time is not as important as getting the job done. Achieving a work-life balance, as if life is something different from work, is ludicrous, Mazaar said.