Summary – 8 lessons on building a company people enjoy working for, Patty McCord [TED]

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In this TED feature of The Way We Work, Patty McCord shares her HR wisdom through quick, direct lessons to build a company people enjoy working for.

McCord is the former chief talent officer of Netflix, an American technology and media services provider. Under her leadership, Netflix adopted a dynamic culture and philosophy based on freedom and responsibility. This organizational culture was routinely assessed and updated and it allowed the organization to thrive.

These eight lessons are intended for managers and HR leaders to adopt in order for their organizations to quickly adapt to the evolving environment.

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How to manage for collective creativity, Linda Hill [TED]

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Dr. Linda A. Hill, business professor at Harvard Business School, reveals how organizations with effective leadership can generate group creativity in this TEDxCambridge Talk, “How to manage for collective creativity.” Through years of research and analysis on innovative leadership, she uncovers unexpected results of what it takes to lead organizational innovation.

If we want to build organizations that are consistently innovative, Dr. Hill says we must practice new approaches to leadership.

There is rarely one person responsible for widespread innovation.

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This is what makes employees happy at work, Michael C. Bush [TED]

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Are you happy at work? Are you responsible for creating a work environment for others? 

In this TED video segment The Way We Work, Michael C. Bush shares the importance of cultivating three characteristics within the workplace and why having happy employees is good for business. Bush is CEO of Great Place to Work, a “global research and analytics firm that produces the annual FORTUNE 100 Best Companies to Work For list, the 100 Best Workplaces for Women list…and dozens of other distinguished workplace rankings around the world.”

Out of three billion working people throughout the world,

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Grit: The power of passion and perseverance, Angela Lee Duckworth [TED]

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In this TED Talk, “Grit: The power of passion and perseverance,” Angela Lee Duckworth explains that a significant predictor of success is “grit” or “passion and perseverance for very long-term goals.” This characteristic is evidenced in school-aged students, military cadets, sales people, teachers working in challenging neighborhoods, and other contexts as more important than talent or intelligence (IQ) for success.

After leaving a high-powered job and transitioning to becoming a public school teacher in New York City Public Schools,

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The corporation as agent of cultural fusion, Makiko Eda [TED]

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Makiko Eda, former President of Intel Japan and current Chief Representative Officer for World Economic Forum Japan, shares her experiences of joining a global corporation, Intel, in this TED Talk, “The corporation as agent of cultural fusion.” She shares about culture shock and of what she learned navigating global and cultural norms personally and through observing other employees, especially in emerging markets.

She shares the very different office norms from more reserved Japanese style to the more direct American style as soon as she would pick up the phone.

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