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Why This Company Puts On A Mass Wedding For Employees

http://www.fastcoexist.com/1679287/why-this-company-puts-on-a-mass-wedding-for-employees#1 Mexican maquiladoras--manufacturing operations on the U.S. border--are known for having poor working conditions and low pay.
http://www.altimetergroup.com/2012/02/making-the-business-case-for-enterprise-social-networks.html In 2011, the US hit a milestone — more than half of all adults visit social networking sites at least once a month.

Report: Making The Business Case For Enterprise Social Networks

Women And Collective Intelligence Will Solve Our Planetary Crises

Sustainability is a so-called wicked problem . It is complex, difficult to define, impossible to solve in a linear fashion and the aspects of the problem are so interrelated that it is impossible to consider (and therefore impossible to model) all of the unintended consequences that might accompany any single “solution.” This complexity makes us anxious. http://www.fastcoexist.com/1679309/women-and-collective-intelligence-will-solve-our-planetary-crises
Get on a Southwest flight to anywhere, buy shoes from Zappos.com, pants from Nordstrom, groceries from Whole Foods, anything from Costco, a Starbucks espresso, or a Double-Double from In N' Out, and you'll get a taste of these brands’ vibrant cultures.

Culture Eats Strategy For Lunch

http://www.fastcompany.com/1810674/culture-eats-strategy-lunch
Strategy seems to have fallen on hard times.

Culture Vs. Strategy Is A False Choice

http://www.fastcompany.com/1817137/culture-vs-strategy-false-choice
In 2005, the Best Buy headquarters in Richfield, Minnesota, started shifting over to a “results only work environment,” or ROWE .

Bosses, Stop Caring If Your Employees Are At Their Desks

http://www.fastcoexist.com/1678950/bosses-stop-caring-if-your-employees-are-at-their-desks
http://lifeinc.today.com/_news/2012/02/06/10312514-sorry-youre-not-funny-enough-to-work-here?lite

Sorry, you're not funny enough to work here

He's a great worker, but that joke was terrible!
http://www.psfk.com/2012/02/guerilla-artist-poetry-ads.html

Guerrilla Artist Replaces Ads With Poetry

The Scottish artist, Robert Montgomery , like countless street artists who came before him, hijacks billboards and bus stops to display his melancholic verse. For ten years, he’s been replacing ad pitches with poetry and presenting commentary on culture, ranging from consumerism to beauty in bold white type set against a black background. Though not really a street artist, Montgomery takes inspiration from the Situationist tradition of détournement – capturing the audience’s attention in unexpected ways within the public realm.
Daniel Mezick 's new book for the agile manager due out in March.

The Culture Game - ... a beginner at something

http://cocreatr.typepad.com/everyone_is_a_beginner_or/2012/02/the-culture-game.html
A recent Inc.com article states that employees need freedom, expectations, input, and consistency, among other things.

What do employees really need?