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Free Agency Destroys the Trust Needed for Investment

The minimalist, laissez-faire free-agent employment relationship fails to build the trust that lets employees do their best work and lets both sides invest over the long term, and it is precisely that long-term investment that creates the innovation and adaptation companies need to compete.

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Speaker

Ben Casnocha

Evidence Quote

in this free agent, minimalist, laissez faire relationship you are not actually building the trust... that long-term investment that creates innovation and actually creates the kind of adaptation that companies need to be competitive.

Source

Reid Hoffman and Ben Casnocha on LinkedIn and The AllianceEconTalk
Created: 6/13/2026, 12:19:02 AM

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