Google’s non-freedom culture: our article in WSJ

Google’s non-freedom culture: our article in WSJ

Here is with some delay the article we published in the Wall Street Journal on the coming out of 20% time as a perk–not an aspect of the freedom-based culture in Google. How an Endangered Google Policy Got Results By BRIAN M. CARNEY and ISAAC GETZ Published...
Indulging employees is no substitute for engaging them

Indulging employees is no substitute for engaging them

  “Leaders will buy miserable employees latte machines for their offices, give them free lunch and sodas, or even worse — just let them all work at home, hailing an ‘enlightened’ policy of telecommuting. Hell, some of these practices might...
The True Cost of a Bad Boss and What to Do about It

The True Cost of a Bad Boss and What to Do about It

Bad managers’ plot ?   We wrote about the tremendous costs of stress to organizations. It’s also known that one of the key stressors for employees consists in conflictual relations with their manager. Below is a nice, less than 2 minutes video...
On the importance of “Why” from “Getting things done”

On the importance of “Why” from “Getting things done”

From David Allen’s book “Getting things done” Blog’s note: This is an ultimate book on “How”. We found many of its simple tips inspiring (such as if you have something to be done and can’t do it in 2 minutes write it down...