Hidden Mojo

Following up to my last post, Chief Happiness Officer Alex Kjerulf is giving away 100 copies of his new book, Happy Hour is 9 to 5.
The caveat: you must be a blogger.
So, if you are, go leave a comment on his blog to get your copy, but hurry–he’s only got 50 left!

Friend of HiddenMojo, Alex Kjerulf (a.k.a the Chief Happiness Officer) tells you how in his new book, Happy Hour is 9 to 5.
Alex has been writing the book and asking for feedback on his site for the last few months. I’ve read an advance copy, and the book is full of great tips and […]

Business Week has a fabulous article on the organizational movement sweeping through Best Buy.
They’re calling it ROWE, which stands for “results-only work environment”, and the goal is to judge people on performance, not face time. Basically:
Best Buy is recognizing that sitting in a chair is no longer working.
The two subversives who are responsible for […]

Here’s the paradox: companies are filled with good, normal, cool people. But very often they operate like slow, bureaucratic, unfriendly machines. Nobody enjoys working in that kind of an environment–and if your people do, you’ve hired the wrong folks! It’s possible to make your company more human, which makes it more fun […]