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Touchstone profits from flat structure and position flexibility
In two recent articles by Axiom News, Touchstone’s Vice-President and Director of Consulting, Tony Summerlin, discusses the company’s unique “bubble” structure as well as the ability of employees to assume completely new roles within the company, as long as they have hired a replacement.
According to the article, Touchstone says that these democratic best practices have [...]
Fortune Magazine profiles three WorldBlu List awardees as great places to work
An article in Fortune Small Business Magazine features seven great places to work that are inspiring employees and boosting the bottom line by re-defining the employer-employee contract. Three out of the seven companies mentioned are WorldBlu List awardees: South Mountain Company, Seventh Generation, and New Belgium Brewery.
The article states that “corporate America still has its [...]
WorldBlu List awardee I Love Rewards raises $1.6 million
A Canadian winner of the 2009 WorldBlu List award, I Love Rewards, has raised $1.6 million in an extended Series B round, reports an article on TopNews.
The Toronto-based company secured the funds following a year of remarkable growth: “187 percent growth in gross billings and a 253 percent leap in customer acquisition.”
In addition to winning [...]
Srijan Technologies attracts top talent with organizational democracy
The first and only WorldBlu List company from India, Srijan Technologies, is able to recruit highly accomplished candidates due to its open, democratic culture reports an article by Axiom News.
The organizational model “encourages creativity and personal ingenuity” and results in “innovation and cutting-edge practices that are an advantage for Srijan”, says the article.
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WONGDOODY succeeds through “The Democracy of Good Ideas™”
WONGDOODY, a marketing ideas agency with offices in Seattle and Los Angeles and first-time WorldBlu List awardee, discusses its trademark philosophy, “The Democracy of Good Ideas™“, in an article by Axiom News.
According to the article, Ben Wiener, the company’s CEO, says “the company’s creative strategy involves a variety of people including clients, who each bring [...]
