Designing great culture
Biz Stone is a founder of Twitter – famously returning to the company in 2017. We talk about design, about his first start-up where the culture got corrupted and then intentionally inventing a culture to be more effective.
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Presence: presence starts with positive leadership
Here’s the last discussion about the Happiness Track Sign up for the newsletter Emma’s new book Sovereign HBR: The Best Leaders Have a Contagious Positive Energy HBR: Proof That Positive Work Cultures Are More Productive Today is the first of series of podcasts about an idea that needs more consideration in our workplaces. The idea…
Is Work Destined For Generational Discord?
Ellen Scott explains why Gen Z and Millennials need more from work Sign up for the Make Work Better newsletter Ellen Scott is the deputy digital editor of Stylist and someone who has achieved recognition for having a sharp eye when it comes to observing the changing face of work. Ellen was one of the…
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Should we focus on making workers happy?
Go deep with the happiness playlist How important is a happy workforce? According to Mark Price, the former boss of Waitrose, it’s the main thing that leaders should be thinking about. Make your workforce happy and the profits will follow. To prove it Mark cites his experience running the supermarket chain, when with a goal…
Lean In – 3 Perspectives
Sheryl Sandberg’s Lean In is the best selling book about work culture for the last 5 years. We talk to three women to get their view on the book – and of feminism in the world place. Dawn Foster is a Guardian journalist and the writer of Lean Out. Melissa Barnes leads Twitter’s relations…
Why Your Open Plan Office is a Mistake
Andre Spicer is a professor in organisational behaviour at Cass Business School. He’s written about the disfunction of world places and the advent of ‘organisational stupidity’. Full transcript: A commute of over 30 minutes correlates with unhappiness (can you let long commuters work in a different way?) Is your boss nice to you? Do you…
