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February 14, 2014
Why You Should Care About Your Company's Emotional Culture
Does your workplace feel distant? All you need is love--and these five ways to make everyone feel appreciated.
We've all heard about the importance of corporate culture. How companies like Google and Facebook create environments for their employees that make going to work feel like a day of play. But a recent study at the Wharton School of Business found that keeping employees happy involves more than ping-pong tables and a private chef.
6 Ways To Fall In Love With Your Job All Over Again
If only you could return to the honeymoon phase of a job. Bring the fire back with small steps that makes a huge difference.
Remember when you first started your current job? Just like in the early throes of dating, you found every interaction exciting. Even the Monday morning staff meeting! Your beloved could do no wrong.
February 13, 2014
Why "This Is My Jam" Stopped Overthinking Music Discovery
Can a service that only showcases one song at a time fix the music discovery problem?
The question will likely be timeless: How do you discover new music? Some companies have bet on human editors, while others put their weight behind clever algorithms. One company thinks the solution is actually more like a pendulum that swings back and forth between the two.
How The Founder Of WeTransfer Went From Blog To Startup
The Dutch entrepreneur known on the web as Nalden took early experimentation with Microsoft Frontpage and built it into a cultural empire.
If one were to compare the Dutch tech entrepreneur Nalden (yes--he goes by just one name) to anyone in the States, it would probably be a hybrid of the serial entrepreneur Sean Parker and Jason Kottke, the web designer and blogger. Like Kottke, Nalden gained a large following and livelihood by blogging about stuff that he liked--mostly music and DJ culture--and similar to Parker, Nalden is an idea man who is uncovering the hidden possibilities of the digital world faster than most. But he has also become a brand of his own, able to sell big-label products just on his credibility as a style maven.
Study: Good Design Is Good For Business
A new analysis by the Design Management Institute concludes that design-driven businesses have outperformed the S&P by a whopping 228% over the past 10 years.
Here at Co.Design, we're constantly singing the praises of design-driven businesses. But "good design" can seem subjective and nebulous. Worse, it can be difficult to quantify how much design really impacts a company's bottom line.
Facebook Adds 50 New Gender Options Beyond Male And Female
Users can select from a host of new options like "transexual" or "agender."
In what's being hailed as a victory for the LGBTQ community, Facebook for the first time is opening up its male/female binary and adding a host of new options across the gender spectrum for people to identify themselves. Now, Facebook's 1.15 billion users can select a third customizable option that opens up about 50 new terms, like "androgynous," "transsexual," or "cisgender."
Aspiring Helicopter Parents, Meet Your Quantified Fetus
Yes, even unborn babies have an activity tracker of their own now.
Helicopter parenting can now start in the womb. Launched Thursday, BellaBeat allows expecting parents to track their developing fetus's heart beat and movements with a gadget and smartphone app.
Jawbone Is Reportedly Getting $250 Million In Funding
That gives the company an overall valuation of $3.3 billion. Investors seem keen on Jawbone's approach to high-end design.
Jawbone is reportedly on the verge of completing a rather impressive $250 million funding round. Kara Swisher at Re/code reports that the considerable investment, which is being led by Rizvi Traverse Management, gives the company an overall valuation of $3.3 billion.
How "House Of Cards" Producer Dana Brunetti Knew The Netflix Model Would Win
What once seemed crazy now seems visionary: Release an entire season of a TV show and let fans binge to their heart's content. Here's why Dana Brunetti knew it was the right move, both for creative and business reasons.
For House of Cards producer Dana Brunetti, Netflix--which wasn't even doing original content when he started shopping the show around--was an afterthought.
A Photographer's Poignant Portraits Of Her Aging Parents
London-based Lydia Goldblatt turns everyday moments into visual poetry with these loving photographs that depict the passage of time.
Few find it easy to watch parents age. Wrinkles and walkers become unwanted reminders of time's passing, and playing caretaker to your former caretakers can be surreal. Many of us just try not to think about it. But London-based photographer Lydia Goldblatt doesn't shy away.
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