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The Goal is to Align Employees – But the Key Question is Not “How?”

January 5, 2014 —

The Goal is to Align Employees – But the Key Question is Not “How?”

Nothing slows down an enterprise more than a workforce that is working at cross purposes, unmotivated and uncaring. And nothing dims the prospects of an enterprise more than having a workforce that fails to innovate, isn’t inspired to be creative, and which just checks in and checks out day after day. The eternal question is “how” to align employees to what the business needs and there are many methods, tools and professionals devoted to getting employees to shift their attitudes and behaviors. But, even these efforts are not producing the desired result. We believe this is...
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Startups, Change the Conversation With Your Engineering Team

November 8, 2013 —

Startups, Change the Conversation With Your Engineering Team

It’s an all too familiar startup sight. Your technical co-founder and dev team have their eyes glued to screens of scrolling code as their fingers fly across keyboards and music blasts through their earbuds. They are driving hard toward the launch date, losing themselves in their work and consuming Red Bull like there’s no tomorrow. Time for a breath of fresh air. Writing on Quora, Nikos Moraitakis, Founder & CEO of WorkableHR.com, sets the following as one of ten helpful tasks non-technical co-founders should undertake: “Nurture good spirit, keep everyone...
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Emotional Design Principles Build Meaningful Brand Interactions

June 2, 2014 —

Emotional Design Principles Build Meaningful Brand Interactions

Emotional Design We recently came across an older, but interesting article about the use of emotion in design. The piece takes us through the premises of two books on website user interface design, “Emotional Design” by Don Norman, and “Designing for Emotion” by Aaron Walter. We were drawn to this recap of Norman’s 3-level approach to creative design: The visceral level – the appearance of a design The behavioral level – how the product works The reflective level – the long-term impact of the design By combining these three levels in the right...
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