We stumbled across this blog post about awesomeness on Harvard Business Publishing’s site. The author, Umair Haque, is out to debunk the old myths about the importance of innovation. What he’s calling for is more awesomeness: Ethical production Not just making stuff, but making stuff in an ethical, humane way Insanely great stuff Not just [...]
Archive for November, 2009
The No Mistake Work Environment?
by Michael Barata Not quite…but give us some time on that one. The problem resulting from making mistakes in today’s work environment is stress. Mistake anxiety followed by mistake shame creates an environment of fear. Fear of thinking independently. Fear of working creatively. Fear of embracing innovation. The employee’s focus shifts from achieving results to not [...]
Jason Fried's ROWE Mindset
We’ve been a big fan of the awesome folks over at 37Signals for some time now, which is why we were excited to see this Inc. article about how founder Jason Fried conducts his daily business. We like this: I usually get to work between 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. Of the 16 people at the company, [...]
Reality v. Fantasy
by Michael Barata For my inaugural blog post, I decided to dig right in. What I had noticed prior to joining up with Cali & Jody, and now being out there with them, is people have a difficult time believing ROWE is a reality. Or can be a reality. To address that simply, see Best [...]
No Gossip, Girls
Of course we mean the boys, too. This nice piece in BusinessWeek from executive coach Beth Weissenburger calling for companies to have a zero-tolerance approach to gossip reminded us of the pernicious effects of Sludge. Weissenburger makes two excellent points. First, that ridding your company of gossip has to start at the top. If the [...]
Health and the Traditional Workplace
We originally saw this piece linking longer hours and bad health in the Miami Herald and have since had it sent to us so many times we had to comment. We will avoid the “duh!” prompted by the story’s open: Two-thirds of the U.S. workforce is working longer hours and is overweight. Is there a [...]
Say Hello to the New Perk . . . Same as the Old Perk
According to the Chicago Tribune, smart businesses are offering more perks in an effort to retain quality employees, especially those from Generation Y. We think employee retention is very important. Too bad this new push to keep people sounds like the same old nonsense. For example, “[w]hen employees suggest an improvement, volunteer at a charity [...]
Introducing…Michael Barata!
Michael makes his first ROWE trip! Originally uploaded by Results-Only Work Environment Hey, ROWE world! First, I just want to thank Cali & Jody for all they have done, and continue to do, and for giving me this incredible opportunity to be part of the ROWE movement! That’s right – I have recently jumped on [...]
Managing the Virtual Workforce Part 2:
Exercise Your Technology Savvy
Presented by Jody Thompson
February 23 at 1pm (EST)
