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StudioBlu Podcast Series Launches Today!
WorldBlu’s new StudioBlu podcast series launched today featuring interviews with Bill Taylor, Founding Editor of Fast Company magazine and author of the new book, Practically Radical, Brian Scudamore, Founder and CEO of 1-800-GOT-JUNK?, Mark Dowds, Founder and CEO of Brainpark, Derek Sivers, Founder of CD Baby, and Bill Morales, Founder and CEO of Tracer.
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The Democracy at Work Weekly Tip #23: How to Establish Communication Between Departments
Q: What’s an effective way to engage employees of different departments with each other and promote communication?
A: WONGDOODY, a LA-based marketing, interactive, and branding agency has the slogan, “The Democracy of Ideas.” At WONGDOODY, one of the ways they practice the democratization of ideas is through their practice of dialogue and listening. WONGDOODY encourages staff [...]
The Democracy at Work Weekly Tip #22: How to Encourage Personal Development and Fresh Ideas in the Workplace
Q: How can I promote new ideas within the workplace while also supporting my employees’ personal development?
A: Seventh Generation, a Vermont-based company, is committed to becoming the world’s most trusted brand of authentic, safe, and environmentally-responsible products for a healthy home.
In the past year, Seventh Generation has replaced their traditional performance management system, which was [...]
The Democracy at Work Weekly Tip #21: How to Make Your Hiring Process More Democratic
Q: How can I make my hiring process more democratic and decentralized?
A: When Nearsoft, a San Francisco and Hermosillo, Mexico- based software development company, interviews a candidate for a position, the team members themselves, not human resources, conduct the interviews and decide who to hire. The [...]
The Democracy at Work Weekly Tip #20: How To Have Employees Choose Their Own Work
Q: How can I give employees the freedom to choose their own work?
A: Innovation Partners International (IPI) is the world’s leading strength-based consulting firm, specializing in participative organizational analysis, learning, design and transformation.
One way IPI implements the democratic principle of choice is that there are no traditional “work assignments” at IPI, and yet all [...]
