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Take note, take action: the innovator’s guide to meeting notes
Think you know meeting notes? Think again. Savvy companies use them to foster transparency and innovation. Here’s how.
5 project prioritization lessons from the pros
Prioritizing project work with your team can be an exercise in frustration. (Been there!) Here’s how to avoid 5 common mistakes.
What 30 years of Stanford research tells us about company culture
Robert Sutton knows company culture. Throughout his 30-year career as professor Professor of Management Science at the Stanford Engineering School, he’s interviewed business leaders and studied the ins and outs of corporate culture like few others. His books include Good Boss, Bad Boss: How to Be the Best…. and Survive the Worst, The Asshole Survival Guide, and he co-authored Scaling Up Excellence with Huggy Rao. […]
Can the future of tech include Autism Spectrum Disorder?
“Don’t worry. You can always get a job as a programmer where you won’t have to talk to anybody.” –conventional wisdom
What Netflix, Uber, and Airbnb teach us about hiring for experience
In this era of digital disruption, curiosity and initiative matter more than deep expertise.
Right-sizing and the teeter-totter: how one CEO built a culture of balance
[cta]Ryan Vanni is the CEO of Bukwild, an award-winning digital ad agency in Sacramento. He started his company at just 21 and didn’t have an understanding of the trends in business or what company culture really was. He’s quick to admit he had no idea what he was doing for most of the time. Since launching in 2001, they’ve worked […]
Who should be at the table? Tips for selecting your meeting attendees
[cta]Meetings are simply a group of people. So effective meetings hinge on having the right people at the table. Leave someone out, and you might not have the right perspectives to make an informed choice. Have too many folks in the room, and the meeting can become unfocused and a waste of time. How many […]
4 badass women who moved workplace culture forward
Throughout history, women have struggled to break the glass ceiling. From politics to medicine, women have made strides against societal pressures and pervasive prejudice. Many of those women are little known and rarely applauded for their successes. Today, we’re highlighting four women who set the stage for us all to live and work in a […]
Zapier CEO, Wade Foster, on building company culture remotely
Last year you announced a plan to pay people $10,000 to move away from the Bay Area, how’s that working? What’s been the effect on your company culture? Well, in the year leading up to that announcement we had 6,000 people apply for jobs at Zapier. Last year we had 20,000 applicants. But in terms of […]
Can industry events crack the diversity code?
From tech conferences to writers’ circles, event planners have a unique chance to foster belonging. But will it work?
Fresh data reveals diversity fatigue is a global problem
We surveyed tech workers from Australia, Brazil, France, India, Philippines, U.S., and U.K. to learn more.
Virtual collaboration: not just for remote teams anymore
Virtual collaboration is an excellent alternative to in-person meetings, but too few people recognize it as a viable option.
Using a mental crowbar to pry my closed mind open
I used to think corporate diversity programs were bullshit. Now, I’m a converted evangelist.
What do people really want from team chat?
[cta]We surveyed 1,264 chat users* to find out, and we started with two seemingly simple questions: How do you communicate at work? Does team chat actually make you more productive? What we learned was fascinating and inspiring, so we gathered up the data and created the team chat guide. [button title=”Take me to the team […]
