No boss, no problems

Published: Aug. 13, 2021, 7:50 a.m.

A young entrepreneur builds the \u2018happiest company in the world\u2019, an online shoe retailer so profitable that Amazon snaps it up for over a billion dollars. But what if the company\u2019s profits and happiness could be boosted by a radical reimagining of the workplace? No more bosses, no more job titles, just creativity, equality and pure joy. We hear the story of Tony Hsieh, a visionary entrepreneur who abandoned social hierarchy in his Las Vegas-based shoe company. Could it be that the secret to happiness lies in making everybody equal?

(Image: Tony Hsieh in 2013. Credit: Christopher Farina/ Getty Images)