Read What Facebook’s Sandberg Calls Maybe ‘The Most important Document Ever To Come Out Of The Valley’ Facebook’s No. 2 top dog, COO Sheryl Sandberg, recently said that Netflix’s company culture document “may well be the most important document ever to come out of the Valley.” The document, a bullet-point-happy PowerPoint, has become a cultural manifesto for the Internet’s economic epicenter, amassing over 3.2 million views on Slideshare.net. More than simply a management guide, it’s a window into a philosophy that thrives on uncertainty, creativity, and trust — a blinding contrast to the hierarchical culture that dominated much of the 20th century workplace. We’ve summarized the most telling principles below: Creativity is Most Important In procedural work, the best are 2x better than the average. The technology industry, especially, is haunted by the ever-present fear of obsolescence. The next big transformation in video and Internet capability is an unknown, and creative solutions to up-and-coming problems are nearly priceless. Prioritize Discovery Over Job Security Unlimited Vacation
What I Carry: 10 Tools for Success Note to Managers: Positivity Matters 'Academia is a very well kept secret' | Higher Education Network | Guardian Professional Very early in my doctoral journey, I was fortunate to experience that moment when you know the decision you have made was the right one. It came with the realisation that I was being paid, not very much admittedly, but nonetheless funded, to sit down every day, to read, think and write, and occasionally talk, freely – and about something I was interested in. My future colleagues probably won't thank me for saying it but academia is a very well kept secret. It is not easier than business or industry, it is not less 'real', it is not any less or any more stressful, it just allows you to use your mind differently and for a different purpose. You still have to produce; you still have targets, even if they are the project steps and the self-inflicted deadlines of a PhD; you still have to work with other people; and you still have to deal with your own self-doubt and over-confidence. However, what makes it special is that academia is an endeavour of the mind.
If you want people to act, do these four things 10 Tips for Unleashing Your Creativity at Work Innovators push the boundaries of the known world. They're change agents who are relentless in making things happen and bringing ideas to execution. Innovation is the lifeblood of any successful company today. Nurturing your creative self is the only way to truly unlock your strategic mind and bring your business skills to bear in new, meaningful ways that can benefit your entire organization. Related: How Doodling Can Make You More Successful 1. 2. 3. Related: Fearful, Lazy or Just Plain Stuck? 4. 5. 6. Related: Get Your Head in the Game: 3 Easy Skills to Master Your Mind 7. 8. 9. 10. Related: Forget Brainstorming, Try Brainswarming Instead Boland Jones is the founder, chairman and CEO of PGi.
10 Things Extraordinary Bosses Give Employees Good bosses have strong organizational skills. Good bosses have solid decision-making skills. Good bosses get important things done. Exceptional bosses do all of the above--and more. That's why extraordinary bosses give every employee: 1. Great organizations are built on optimizing processes and procedures. Engagement and satisfaction are largely based on autonomy and independence. Plus, freedom breeds innovation: Even heavily process-oriented positions have room for different approaches. Whenever possible, give your employees the autonomy and independence to work the way they work best. 2. While every job should include some degree of independence, every job does also need basic expectations for how specific situations should be handled. Criticize an employee for offering a discount to an irate customer today even though yesterday that was standard practice and you make that employee's job impossible. 3. Plus, goals are fun. No one likes work. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. No employee is perfect. 9.
Disruption guru Christensen: Why Apple, Tesla, VCs, academia may die Clayton Christensen, Harvard Business School professor and author of The Innovator's Dilemma, says Tesla, Apple, VCs and universities all face big disruptive threats. Harvard business professor Clayton Christensen literally wrote the book on technology disruption, and he thinks Apple, Tesla Motors, venture capitalists and most of the nation’s colleges and universities should be afraid. The author of The Innovator’s Dilemma said Wednesday that all of them could be killed by less advanced competitors in the same way that many once dominant technology companies have been in the past. Christensen shared his theories about how innovative giants are felled and replaced by relatively less sophisticated rivals, speaking to an attentive crowd of young entrepreneurs and funders at the Startup Grind conference in Mountain View on Wednesday. Connect with the Silicon Valley Business Journal If a newcomer thinks it can win by competing at the high end, “the incumbents will always kill you.”
The VC Firm That Funded Facebook Explains How To Hire test note The 7 Traits of Successful Entrepreneurs Enter "entrepreneurial traits" into Google, and the menu of frequent searches will complete the query with "... of Steve Jobs" and "... of Bill Gates," among others. These are the forces of nature that spring to mind for most of us when we think of entrepreneurs--iconic figures who seemed to burst from the womb with enterprise in their DNA. They inspire, but they also intimidate. What if you weren't born with Jobs' creative genius or Gates' iron will? There's good news for the rest of us: Entrepreneurs can be guided to success by harnessing crucial attributes. Scholars, business experts and venture capitalists say entrepreneurs can emerge at any stage of life and from any realm, and they come in all personality types and with any grade point average. Contrary to conventional wisdom, you don't have to be Type A--that is, an overachieving, hyperorganized workaholic--or an extrovert to launch a successful business. Tenacity Starting a business is an ultramarathon. Passion Vision Self-belief
NUS ‘I Am The Change’ and Courtney Giles win the final round with Surrey County Council The concluding Council review meeting on Thursday 22 November saw a remarkable number of local sixth formers present and argue their final case for Epsom Phab. They won. The Council has relented and will now fund a new building. Courtney from Epsom, whose mother is a supervisor at the Phab, has been fighting its closure for over a year. In April, NUS joined the campaign through its innovative I Am The Change programme that saw UK wide students propose causes based on education, the community, the environment, personal development, health and wellbeing, careers or politics, one of which NUS would support. Courtney Giles’ ‘Save Epsom Phab’ changes was among the highest votes from all over the UK. Describing her elation with the result Courtney said: "After students submitted their proposals for change, people could vote on them online. NUS president Liam Burns praised the hard work of the campaign saying: Be the next Change now at www.nus.org.uk/iamthechange.
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