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Stat of the day: 38% of remote workers work from bed
A true home office is still a luxury, and most remote workers don't have one (2021)
Do Chance Meetings at the Office Boost Innovation? There’s No Evidence of It. - The New York Times
For some, the office even stifles creativity. As the pandemic eases in the U.S., a few companies seek to reimagine what work might look like. (2021)
Intelligent Minds Like Tim Cook and Jeff Bezos Embrace the Rule of Awkward Silence.
You Should Too. The rule of awkward silence has always been valuable. But in a world of instant gratification, it's more useful than ever. ... (2020)
How My Boss Monitors Me While I Work From Home - The New York Times
As we shelter in place in the pandemic, more employers are using software to track our work — and us. (2020)
Six Verbs That Make You Sound Weak (No Matter Your Job Title)
Sometimes it’s the smallest words and phrases that shape how you’re perceived around the office. Here are a few to watch out for at every level. (2018)
‘Where I got it wrong’: The Wing’s Audrey Gelman confronts the realities of rapid growth
For years, Gelman was the archetypal girlboss. But despite raising some $118 million and building a buzzy brand, there was more going on behind the... (2020)
It's Official: Open-Plan Offices Are Now the Dumbest Management Fad of All Time
A new study from Harvard reveals that open-plan offices decrease rather than increase face-to-face collaboration. (2018)
Professional B2B coaching & mentoring solutions market map - Brighteye Insights (2019)
While talking to numerous companies in this space, we crafted a market map to help us refine our thinking about how the sector is shaping up and to... (2019)
Why companies are so bad at hiring - The Economist
PERHAPS the oldest management cliché is that “people are our most important asset”. If that were true, companies would rigorously assess their own ... (2019)
How our brains process praise and why it’s killing our potential - Fast Company
When your brain gets a reward (and your brain treats praise from others as a reward), what it learns is to do that action again. But, repetition b... (2019)
Productivity Isn’t About Time Management. It’s About Attention Management. - The New York Times
“Time management” is not a solution — it’s actually part of the problem. (2019)
Bitwage Now Lets Firms Pay Salaried Staff in Crypto - CoinDesk
A new product from Bitwage makes it easier to handle payroll taxes when paying employees in bitcoin or ether. (2019)
The Three Vendor Rule – Calacanis.com
When I first started doing events in New York City in the 90s, the first one called “Ready. Set, Pitch,” I realized that vendors would give us wild... (2019)
Leadership is about coaching. Here’s how to do it well - Fast Company
You can start with one simple behavior change that will bring a massive impact. (2018)
Are you a leader or a manager? Here’s the difference || Fast Company
Leaders inspire people, while managers have people who do work for them. Here’s how to figure out which you are, and how you can change. (2018)
Do Workplace Wellness Programs Work? Usually Not (2014) - The New York Times
Programs to keep employees healthy are popular with their employers, but the evidence of their effectiveness is very thin. (2018)
Open offices can lead to closed minds || The Economist
Some workplace designs are more about cost-cutting than collaboration “LONELINESS is a crowded room,” as Bryan Ferry of the band Roxy Music once... (2018)
Here’s the final nail in the coffin of open plan offices - Fast Company
A new study from Harvard Business School finds that open plan offices don’t live up to the hype–in fact, the idea that they promote interaction is ... (2018)
What is a DAO? - CoinDesk
Imagine this: a driverless car cruises around in search of passengers. After dropping someone off, the car uses its profits for a trip to a chargin... (2017)
Can LinkedIn Learning help train your employees? - TechRepublic
A month after LinkedIn launched its online learning platform in partnership with Lynda.com, companies report using courses to teach employees progr... (2018)
(long report) Killing Strategy: The Disruption Of Management Consulting
“Strategy” did not exist as a concept at most companies in America until management consultants first started billing for it. (2018)
Overview of the multiple layers of governance affecting blockchain-based systems
Code Is Law – But It's Not the Only Law for Blockchains It's the combination of internal and external rules that ultimately dictates how blockch... (2018)
Interview with CTO and Co-founder of Zapier on Working with Remote Engineers
Bryan Helmig, CTO and Co-founder of Zapier, is working with a 100% remote development team since the very beginning of company’s growth. In his int... (2020)
The Neverfail Model for Negotiation | Inc.
The new book, "Quantum Negotiation," presents a vital model for the future. “... When I read Quantum Negotiation, by Karen S. Walch, Stephen M. ... (2018)
Learning’s Future: Curation With Intent | Pathgather
If you care about corporate learning, you should care about curation. As the need for learning becomes more critical, the pace of technical change ... (2017)
When Gamification Goes Wrong (And It Often Does) | Pathgather
Gamification – for better or worse, it’s a common subject when talking about almost all products these days, especially learning products. I know w... (2016)
Where Gamification Went Wrong — and How To Do It Right | Pathgather
Gamification is losing favor in the Learning & Development field. That’s the conclusion of the L&D Global Sentiment Survey 2017, which tracks what’... (2017)
International Travel Guide - Basecamp · GitHub
handbook - Basecamp Employee Handbook "Do I need a visa?" "What do I say to the customs officer?" "Can I bring my work laptop with me?" ... (2018)
What Google Learned From Its Quest to Build the Perfect Team - The New York Times
New research reveals surprising truths about why some work groups thrive and others falter. (2018)
Tesla’s Elon Musk May Have Boldest Pay Plan in Corporate History - The New York Times
Mr. Musk agreed to stay as chief executive for 10 years, with compensation tied to $50 billion leaps in Tesla’s valuation. Otherwise, he makes zero. (2018)
How to Outthink Your Competition -- with a Lesson from Sports | Rasmus Ankersen | TED
Does success come from luck or skill, and how do you tell the difference? One way to find an answer: think like a pro gambler does, says football e... (2022)
Figma's $20B, 10 Year Overnight Success -Garry Tan
Figma just sold to Adobe for $20 BILLION. Figma replaced Photoshop as the dominant design tool, and that’s what made this company so important Adob... (2022)
The puzzle of motivation | Dan Pink - TED
The puzzle of motivation | Dan Pink - TED Career analyst Dan Pink ex... (2022)
Notion for PRODUCT MANAGEMENT | How I use Notion as a PM
HEY. Yes. Notion is the key to planning new software. I assure you it's better than confluence, better than asana, better than any other planning t... (2021)
Inside Microsoft’s big bet on open design
The Verge Published on Apr 29, 2019 Microsoft is completely changing the company's approach to design. This huge shift will impact how all their ... (2019)
Learning In The Flow Of Work - Keynote Presentation - Josh Bersin 2018
Josh Bersin Published on Nov 4, 2018 This presentation walks through the concepts and details of Learning in the Flow of Work, delivered at Linke... (2018)
Open offices are overrated - Vox
If you work in an office, there's a good chance it's an open one. How did we get here? And why is it so bad? Open offices have been around a su... (2018)
Quora - Remote First
Greylock general partner David Thacker sat down with Quora CEO and co-founder Adam D'Angelo to discuss his decision to make the company a remote-fi... (2020)
How Stripe's COO approaches company building
In this episode of Resources for Humans, Jack sits down with Stripe’s Chief Operating Officer, Claire Hughes Johnson, who spent over a decade at Go... (2018)
#253 — Corporate Courage - Making Sense with Sam Harris | Podcast on Spotify
Listen to this episode from Making Sense with Sam Harris on Spotify. In this episode of the podcast, Sam Harris speaks with Jason Fried about the r... (2021)
Podcast: Hired by an algorithm | MIT Technology Review
If you’ve applied for a job lately, it’s all but guaranteed that your application was reviewed by software—in most cases, before a human ever laid ... (2021)
The robots are coming for your office, with NYT’s Kevin Roose - Decoder with Nilay Patel | Podcast on Spotify
Listen to this episode from Decoder with Nilay Patel on Spotify. Nilay Patel sits down with New York Times tech columnist Kevin Roose to discuss th... (2021)
Companies & Culture: What You Do Is Who You Are - a16z Podcast
Listen to this episode from a16z Podcast on Spotify. This podcast -- which was recorded at the Computer History Museum in a live event, before the ... (2021)
20VC: Klarna Founder Sebastian Siemiatkowski on Scaling - The Twenty Minute VC
Listen to this episode from The Twenty Minute VC: Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch on Spotify. Sebastian Siemiatkowski is the Founder... (2021)
Amazon Narratives: Memos, Working Backwards from Release, More - a16z Podcast
Listen to this episode from a16z Podcast on Spotify. When you hear stories about Amazon's "invention machine" -- which led to a company with not ju... (2021)
On Fear and Leadership: Product to Sales CTOs & CEOs - Andreessen Horowitz | Podcast
Listen to this episode from a16z Podcast on Spotify. There's a few ontologies for describing the phases leaders -- and their startups ... (2020)
Finding Success by Staying Optimistic with Ketan Anjaria of HireClub - The Indie Hackers Podcast
Ketan Anjaria's (@kidbombay) path to success was paved with hardship. He was flying high in the 90s dot-com boom, until he lost his job in the cras... (2019)
Audio Of The Week: Skin In The Game – AVC
I have been listening to Nassim Nicholas Taleb‘s new book, Skin In The Game, in audiobook form while driving around LA this past week. I’ve always ... (2018)
High Potential: How to Spot, Manage and Develop Talented People at Work: Ian MacRae: Bloomsbury Business
In today's competitive job market, can employers afford to spend large sums on recruitment, and then simply let talented people go?High (2018)
The Culture Map (INTL ED), by Erin Meyer
An international business expert helps you understand and navigate cultural differences in this insightful and practical guide, perfect for both yo... (2025)
Scaling People
From a Stripe and Google executive, a practical guide to company building and scaling the most important resource it has: its people. Having worked... (2023)
The Lean Startup, by Eric Ries
Most startups fail. But many of those failures are preventable. The Lean Startup is a new approach being adopted across the globe, changing the way... (2023)
Futureproof: 9 Rules for Humans in the Age of Automation by Kevin Roose
Futureproof book. Read 50 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. While we need to rewrite the rules of the twenty-first-century ec... (2021)
It Doesn’t Have to Be Crazy at Work, by Jason Fried, David Heinemeier Hansson
Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson, the authors of the New York Times bestseller Rework, are back with a manifesto to combat all your modern ... (2021)
Working Backwards: Insights, Stories, and Secrets from Inside Amazon by Colin Bryar
Working Backwards book. Read 2 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. Working Backwards is an insider's breakdown of Amazon's appr... (2021)
Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't - by James C. Collins
To find the keys to greatness, Collins's 21-person research team read and coded 6,000 articles, generated more than 2,000 pages of interview transc... (2019)
Quantum Negotiation | Executive Coaching & Business Consulting
When we consider that negotiations occur constantly as people work together to problem-solve, create new things and share resources, the impact of ... (2018)
Gusto - Payroll and benefits
Set your business up with modern payroll, benefits, and HR. Gusto also manages third party benefits (health, dental, vision) Our plans were b... (2021)
360Learning - collaborative learning LMS
The LMS that turnsyour people into your competitive advantage with Collaborative Learning We make it easier than ever for teams to create, ship ... (2021)
GreenLight.ai - Simply Manage & Pay Your Extended Workforce.
GreenLight is the world's first AI-powered worker classification, management and payroll platform. We are the API-layer powering the Future of Work. (2021)
Miro - Online Visual Collaboration Platform for Teamwork
Scalable, secure, cross-device and enterprise-ready team collaboration whiteboard for distributed teams. Join 15M+ users from around the world. (2021)
Setmore | Free Online Appointment Scheduling Software
Give your clients the power to book anytime and manage your appointments Anywhere with free calendar scheduling software (2021)
The CEO Library
The books recommended by the CEOs, entrepreneurs, professionals and authors we look up to (2020)
Toggl - Simple time tracking. Powerful reporting.
Always getting distracted? Use Toggl as your productivity tool. A simple time tracker with powerful reports and it works across all your devices. ... (2020)
Flock - messaging, communication
Flock, the best team communication app and online collaboration platform, comes with team messaging, project management and other great features t... (2020)
Degreed - The Lifelong Learning Platform
Degreed is a lifelong learning platform that individuals and organizations use to discover learning content, build skills, and certify their expert... (2020)
Milanote - the tool for organizing creative projects
Organize your ideas and projects into visual boards. (2020)
Torch - Leadership development through integrated coaching and software.
Leadership Development by Torch: Integrated coaching, software and behavioral science to raise high performers to the next level. Driven by data, p... (2019)
Confluence - Team Collaboration Software | Atlassian
Confluence is where you create, organize and discuss work with your team. (2019)
Harvard ManageMentor Spark
Harvard ManageMentor Spark from Harvard Business Publishing Corporate Learning accelerates leadership team development with personalized learning. ... (2019)
AI Transformation Playbook How to lead your company into the AI era - Landing AI
AI (Artificial Intelligence) technology is now poised to transform every industry, just as electricity did 100 years ago. Between now and 2030, it ... (2018)
EdCast - AI-powered Knowledge Cloud for Personalized Learning
EdCast is an award-winning, AI-powered Knowledge Cloud for Unified Discovery, Personalized Learning and Sales Enablement (http://www.salesu.io/). (2018)