Bulletproof

Everyone knows how to work long hours and take work home at the weekend - but few of us know how to go to the movies on Monday afternoon. Ricardo Semler knows. He doesn't always have time, of course - sometimes he has to feed ducks with his young son instead. In The Seven-Day Weekend, Semler explains how he transformed a small family business into a highly profitable manufacturing, services and high-tech powerhouse - 40 times its original size - while watching his favourite movies or relaxing with his son in the middle of the business day. He did it because he found the elusive 'balance' between work and personal life, for himself and his 3,000 employees. He jettisoned'boarding school' habits and replaced them with a new architecture.Now Semco employees create their own jobs and generate newideas and business, all while protecting their personal lives.