Why IBM hires World of Warcraft gamers – Joe Pine Video Interview

by Filip Matous November 25, 2011
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Joe Pine coined The Experience Economy over a decade ago to describe our modern economy. We asked Joe to explore with you how bosses could use this concept to create workplace experiences for employees to improve retention and employee satisfaction. Towards the end of our interview we gained insight into why World of Warcraft gamers make

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Where Leadership Experts Get It Wrong

by Andy Partridge November 1, 2011
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Where Leadership Experts Get It Wrong Winning charisma, razor sharp intelligence and personality characteristics such as extraversion are the keys to great leaders, right? Forget it! The most recent research in psychology explodes this myth and reveals the real skills that great leaders possess. Beyond Sticks and Carrots Two decades of research into leadership has

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Creating Collaboration in the Workplace

by Kursty Groves October 24, 2011
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“The Link” at Bloomberg’s NY headquarters is designed to enable casual collisions. Photograph copyright Edward Denison Collaboration in the workplace: excerpts from a “Women in Facilities Management” (WIFM) event held at Boss Design, London October 5th, 2011. Presented by Sarah Jones – Grey Interiors, Sarah Godowski – Bisset Adams Architects & Kursty Groves – Author of “I Wish I Worked

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15 Technologies that will shape our lives in the near future

by Graeme Codrington October 11, 2011

A few months ago, I read an excellent article on Network World, looking at ten key technologies that will change how we live in the near future. It’s a great read by one of Cisco’s top innovators (available here). I then read a feature on nine ways in which the mobile phone industry will change

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Chip Conley: emotional equations for leadership in uncertain times

by Filip Matous October 3, 2011
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EQ leadership interview with Chip Conley: Founder of Joie de Vivre, a hotel and restaurant company with HQ in San Francisco that employs 2,500 people. Our infatuation with Chip started last year when Enviable Workplace’s Andy Partridge called me up, sounding like he’d just downed a Red Bull, saying he’d found a leadership style that just vibed

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Emotional Intelligence For An Enviable Workplace Culture

by Laura Thomson September 20, 2011

This week we are revisiting the world of Emotional Intelligence in the workplace, focusing on the work of one of our Enviable Workplace collective, Dr Martyn Newman. Consulting psychologist and author of the international best selling book, Emotional Capitalists – The New Leaders, Dr Newman is a world class authority on the subject of emotional

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Growing Up But Staying Innocent, Part 2

by Kursty Groves September 6, 2011

Interview with Innocent Drinks’ John Durham Innocent Drinks has gained a reputation not only for healthy, great-tasting smoothies, juices and “Veg Pots”, it is a company that many know for its relaxed yet buzzy working environment, fitted out with quirky touches and Astroturf for carpet. For the majority of the last 12 years, Innocent operated

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Zappos – Your Culture is Your Brand

by Andy Partridge August 9, 2011

Tony Hsieh is the founder and CEO of Zappos, the highly successful online retail company recently acquired by Amazon. His fast paced and down to earth book ‘Delivering Happiness’ shows how a very different kind of corporate culture is a powerful model for achieving success, and how by concentrating on the happiness of those around

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Embracing distraction (in order to promote productivity)

by Graeme Codrington July 26, 2011

A lot of my work involves helping companies understand the disruptive forces that are shaping the new world of work. A key part of my work is trying to get corporate leaders to change their mindsets about how the world of work works (if you see what I mean). And most of that has to

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Introducing Dr Martyn Newman

by Andy Partridge July 18, 2011

Enviableworkplace are pleased to welcome Dr Martyn Newman on board as a fellow labmate. Martyn Newman is MD of RocheMartin and a consulting psychologist with an international reputation as an expert in emotional intelligence (EQ) and leadership. As well as holding senior academic positions at leading universities in Australia and Europe, he has many years

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