The audience at Mass Relevance's SXSW session
What can you do to create such an atmosphere and working climate in your organization? By begging, borrowing and stealing, according to Michael Pazienza and Brian Dainton of Mass Relevance . Be jealous, mix it all and create your own unique culture.
BEG your colleagues to be vocal
Ask your colleagues and employees to share what is on their minds. Whether it is about bad coffee, feedback to a colleague or new innovative ideas for the company. Create a culture where people feel comfortable saying anything and then do something with the information you receive.
For example, Starbucks has a leadership conference every year to share knowledge and ideas. Mass Relevance itself has a 'You earned it' feedback method, where every employee gives a colleague a compliment every day. They also have an 'hour of awesomeness' every week, where every employee can share an idea or experience for the entire company. Mass Relevance uses the terms Transopency and Freesponsibility for this.
The workplace can contribute a lot to this, an open culture where people share with each other. belgium mobile phone number list Such as an open office and long lunch tables. Research has shown that people who have lunch at long lunch tables are more successful in their work, say the two speakers.
Long lunch tables are good for productivity. Photo: 3D - Modern Kitchen (I) © marog-pixcells - Fotolia.com
Long lunch tables are good for productivity. Photo courtesy of Fotolia.
Be flexible with time. It's a give and take. So give your employees the opportunity to take a power nap. To work on something innovative during work hours. Send them on a paid vacation for three years, like Intell does. Or take your employees to SXSW
.Mass Relevance has Fantastic Friday once a month, where the entire company does something fun during work hours.
STEAL the best aspects of other companies
Look at the ideas behind the ideas of companies like Google, Basecamp , Intel or Facebook: companies that you are jealous of, or where you would like to work. Then translate their idea behind the idea into something that fits your company. The ideas that it is all about? Freedom, responsibility, innovation, relaxation, fun and appreciation.
What does it yield?