A company slogan states: "We don't manage people, we expect people to manage themselves." Sounds Utopian or New Age but it plays out here in the chemistry lab where leaders recognized by their peers have brought forth thousands of products: cables, filters, guitar strings, dental floss, vascular grafts, fabrics such as Gore-Tex, all based on PTFE (polytetrafluoroethylene). The company operates without a formal hierarchy and team members name their own job titles. For more read: At W.L. Gore, 57 years of authentic culture.