Why Work Sucks and How to Fix It is arriving in bookstores June 2nd! As most of you know, the book is the Results-Only Work Environment manifesto: How it began, what it is, and how it works…complete with a section of “Yeah, Buts” to answer all of the nagging questions people are bound to ask. [...]
Archive for May, 2008
Reuters and the Telegraph
With the book coming out early next week, the press coverage is starting to come in. The first piece is a review from Reuters. (We love the headline.) The second is from The Daily Telegraph. (Not sure if it’s just online or if there was an on-paper article as well. Also, not sure if it [...]
We Have a Winner!
Thanks to Michael Salamey for interpreting the Workplace Signs with such gusto and verve: These posters endorse conformity to a status quo of Mediocrity. The basic premise of all three is, “Do not make (me/ everyone else) look bad”. The last poster especially, in the guise of promoting politeness and courtesy, in actuality insinuates that [...]
ROWE on Brazen Careerist
First, the book officially comes out in two days. We can hardly believe it. Second, we appreciated being mentioned in Adam McFarland’s thoughtful post on Brazen Careerist. We especially appreciate the fact that he has decided to take action: I realize that this all starts with me. I’m the one usually “proposing” these wacky things to [...]
Workplace Signs
Perhaps these signs are funny. Perhaps they are sad. Perhaps they are funny-sad. (Or sad-funny.) Whatever they are, they reveal a lot about what we believe about work. A free copy of Why Work Sucks and How to Fix It to the person who best translates the hidden meanings.
Five Underrated Posts
Thanks to Scot Herrick over at Cube Rules for the idea to repost our five least-appreciated posts. Are they bad posts? Not at all! Some passed with little comment. Others are from when we first started blogging. But they are all very, very good posts. Here they are, in reverse chronological order, with a sentence [...]
BUZZ IT UP!
More exciting news – Tim Ferris just posted Part 2 of his interview with us about ROWE. The more the post gets “Buzzed”, the more exposure ROWE will get – and the revolution will take off! When you read the post, go ahead and click on the “Buzz It!” button at the bottom. Then, forward [...]
HOW TO GO BEYOND BOOKED SOLID
We were honored today to be guest panelists on a teleseminar with Michael Port to promote his new book Beyond Booked Solid. Other panelists on the call were Dr. Ivan Misner, from Business Network International, and David Meerman Scott, author of the book The New Rules of Marketing & PR. In Beyond Booked Solid, we [...]
Why We [Heart] Tim Ferriss
It’s not because he featured us on his blog today. (Although we can’t thank him enough for that.) The reason we love Tim is because he embodies one of the core truths behind a Results-Only Work Environment: It’s your fundamental right to have control over your time. Just because your company is paying you to [...]
How ROWE Answers the Five Lies
A nice piece by CareerBuilder.com blogger Anthony Balderrama about the five lies we all tell at work. In the spirit of ROWE, we thought we’d show why you don’t need to tell these lies in a Results-Only Work Environment. 1. “I’d be happy to.” In a traditional work environment, when someone asks you to do [...]
Managing the Virtual Workforce Part 2:
Exercise Your Technology Savvy
Presented by Jody Thompson
February 23 at 1pm (EST)
