Work Rules...
…is the title of a new book by Laszlo Bock, head of People Operations at Google. He explains why Google does what it does when it comes to everything internal, from perks and promotions to motivation and productivity. Read more
Change The Label
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Do Not Do It
The Culture Vulture* is a weekly blog about workplace culture.
It arrived this morning, signed as usual: “Kind regards, Bill Thomassi*”.
I know Bill. I read his blog. Read more
Trusted Catalyst
People from different companies, countries or cultures may not share natural networks. But they might have common interests...and problems. Read more
Ditch Command and Control
In his book The Will to Lead (1997), Marvin Bower, McKinsey’s managing partner from 1950 to 1967, urges senior managers to abandon command-and-control structures and adopt a program to develop leaders, starting with themselves.
This is a remarkably prescient opinion: especially when you consider Bower was 94 years old at the time! Read more
Own the Villages
An article on "How to Transform Your Brand Into a Movement" caught my eye last week. Read more
Recipe for a Zesty Meeting:
Imagine halving and squeezing 20 oranges. Cut these 40 halves again, for a total of 80 wedges of peel.
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The free book that really cost me.
Frederic Laloux’s Reinventing Organizations is available as an ebook for $10. I’m going to pay at least 2 or 3 times that. Read more
Madoff or Mackey: Who really represents big business?
Bernie Madoff was awarded a 150-year prison sentence, for massive fraud. Read more
Getting stuff done … together
My high school woodworking teacher has a lot to answer for. Read more