Description
Book SynopsisEmbrace connectivity, increase empowerment, and achieve better work-life blending We live in a new age of global companies, hyper-access to information, and accessibility to tools that enable us to bring any idea life. Strangely, our workplaces are lagging behind the promise of this open and collaborative world. Most organizations are rule-based, top-down, dreary environments optimized for conformity and little else. The Work Revolution creates a compelling portrait of a different kind of work.
I believe that freedom in the workplace is worth fighting for and that every person and every organization can be excellent.
Julie Clow articulates the rules we follow today in our work force, the reasons they no longer work, and what we can do instead. The Work Revolution deconstructs the magic behind thriving, liberated organizations (such as Google) into clear principles that any individual, leader, and organization can adopt to create
Table of Contents
Preface xi
Chapter 1 This Thing We Call Work 1
Chapter 2 Signs We Have It Wrong 19
Chapter 3 The New Rules 39
Chapter 4 Impact, Not Activities 61
Chapter 5 Energy, Not Schedules 93
Chapter 6 Strengths, Not Job Slots 125
Chapter 7 The Right Things, Not Everything 157
Chapter 8 Grassroots, Not Top-Down 181
Chapter 9 Conclusion 207
Epilogue 217
Appendix 223
Notes 231
Acknowledgments 239
About the Author 243
Index 245
