Category: Draconian

Atrendia Friday Video 14 – Jason Fried: Why Work Doesn’t Happen At Work

Last week, Yahoo!, CEO Marissa Mayer, sent out a memo (directive) intended to stifle Yahoo! employees’ ability to work from home. She effectively put an end to telecommuting for all Yahoo! employees. Interesting. In one memo, in almost silent desperation, Mayer tries to close the lid on an unstoppable movement called the future of work….

Create Choices Not Barriers

All this talk about prohibiting internal e-mail in companies is getting to me.  I don’t think it’s a crazy idea – but almost.  Actually, it wouldn’t be such a crazy idea if that was the only way out of this mess, but it isn’t, and therefore such draconian measures are immature; immature in the true…