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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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The Democracy at Work Weekly Tip #19: How to Encourage Useful Feedback and Promote Growth

Q: What is a good way to provide employees, as well as the CEO, with feedback that will advance progress and growth throughout the company?
A: Happy, a London-based WorldBlu List awardee company, offers a range of services including in-person and online training programs to assist organizations in creating effective workplaces. Within Happy, continuous feedback lies [...]

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Support WorldBlu List Awardee Beyond Borders’ Work in Haiti

Ever since the devastating earthquake hit Haiti last week, our thoughts have very much been with our friends at Beyond Borders, a three-time WorldBlu List Awardee organization, who has been working, for almost two decades to empower Haitians to improve their lives through justice and peace.
Beyond Borders is working around the clock to coordinate strategic [...]

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The Democracy at Work Weekly Tip #18: How to Include Employees in The Decision-Making Process

Q: How can I embrace my employee’s ideas and incorporate them into my company’s decision-making process ?
A: DaVita is a FORTUNE 500 company comprised of 35,000 employees with nearly $6 billion in annual revenue. It is the largest independent provider of dialysis services in the United States, operating over 1300 clinics. Yet despite [...]

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About WorldBlu

The purpose of WorldBlu is to unleash human potential and inspire freedom by championing the growth of democratic organizations worldwide.

Our vision is to build a more democratic world, one organization at a time.

We do this through a range of programs and services that enable business leaders to design, develop, and lead the most successful democratic organizations in the world.

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WorldBlu’s Founder, Traci Fenton, is currently writing a book about how to build a world-class democratic company. Follow her process and share your own thoughts along the way.

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