Seth Godin recently ran an excerpt from his book Free Prize Inside that got us thinking about fear in the workplace. Godin finds the root of workplace angst in Henry Ford’s decision to pay workers based on productivity rather than replacement value. His take is that we’re insecure in our jobs because deep down we [...]
Archive for April, 2008
When Work Is Like A Sitcom
Monster.com’s blog is running a contest that asks the eternal question: Is Your Job Like a Sitcom? Judging by the responses so far (contest ends May 5th), the answering seems to be that yes, most people’s jobs are pretty much like a sitcom. Just check out this excerpt from a contest entry about life at [...]
The technology in your head
One of the risks of getting wrapped up in your own world is that you get . . . well . . . wrapped up in your own world. Which is why we are grateful to Tim Walker for his post about relying on your brain instead of relying on technology. We spend a lot [...]
A long way from Dilbert . . .
. . . and yet still so close. When we first started working on the framework for what would become a Results-Only Work Environment, we didn’t have a language for what we were trying to say. We knew that work was deeply dysfunctional, and that people had all kinds of strange beliefs about time and [...]
Where are all the ROWEs?
A quick post today to answer a question that we get a lot (and one that has recently bubbled up through the comments on this blog): This Results-Only Work Environment thing sounds great. So where do I go to work in one? Right now, there are two authentic ROWEs: Best Buy, Inc. and J. A. [...]
GBAT the Gym
A friend sent us this link to Guy’s Bozoification Aptitude Test, which is based on Guy Kawasaki’s blog entry about how to tell if your company is “sliding into bozosity.” We know it’s an old post, but this kind of thing never gets old. Right now, a fresh crop of young people is entering the [...]
The Conversation
We’ve been watching (with great interest) as Michael and Aaron discuss of our recent post How Do You Do 80% of a Job? We love seeing this passion. They are having what we sometimes call “The Conversation.” The Conversation often has nothing to do with the topic. The Conversation is all about processing the implications [...]
Lies (and Hope)
According to a recent CareerBuilder.com survey, one out of four workers admit to making up fake excuses for being late to work. Here are the top ten “most unusual” excuses given: 1. While rowing across the river to work, I got lost in the fog. 2. Someone stole all my daffodils. 3. I had to [...]
Doctors Without Balance
We’ve already covered how the legal profession is having a serious internal conversation about balance. Now it seems this issue is affecting doctors as well. The word in the article that really jumped out at us was “sacrifice,” as in “[Australian Medical Association] president Rosanna Capolingua called on senior doctors to rethink their expectations of [...]
Managing the Virtual Workforce Part 2:
Exercise Your Technology Savvy
Presented by Jody Thompson
February 23 at 1pm (EST)
