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An Open Letter to Tony Hsieh
Dear Tony, First of all, let me start by stating that I truly admire what you’ve achieved. Your book, describing your path from LinkExchange to Zappos, from culture-by-accident to the…
Nonviolent Communication
The latest addition to the GrantTree books stable is Nonviolent Communication, by Marshall B. Rosenberg. It’s spreading rapidly through the company and having a very positive effect on our communications….
Why an open salary policy always wins
Great article by Dane Atkinson, kind of reiterating some of the points I’ve made here and here. Key conclusion: If you intend to be evil, open salaries and transparency are…
Culture must be grown step by step
As the amount of literature about open cultures grows, it’s tempting to want to go straight for what is perceived as a final prize or destination, and just “implement a full-blown…
Evolving purpose: a GrantTree story
Many people consider the purpose of a company to be something static and set at birth, or changing only very rarely. The truth is, the purpose of a company evolves…
Fake transparency
One of the characteristics of open cultures is transparency, which is, in my opinion, a cornerstone necessity for trust to exist. One of the ways that this transparency is expressed is…
Six steps to open cultures
Leo Widrich, cofounder of Buffer, shares, via this Zapiers article by Fred Bauters, six steps to getting to an open culture. In summary: Check yourself: are you personally transparent? Be sure…
The fungible worker – or not
Here‘s an interesting article by Jeff Lonsdale about what he calls the “fungible worker”. Jeff examines some of the old arguments about whether technology spells the end of the human…
Charlie Hebdo: A victory
On this glorious first week of the year, it is worth considering who it is that won the day yesterday, in the 11e Arrondissement in France, so that we may stop…