Work For Humans
Work For Humans
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How Treating Employees Like Customers Transforms Performance and Belonging | Mark LeBusque
After becoming painfully aware that he cared more about the numbers than the well-being of his employees, Mark LeBusque began to question his management philosophy. An insight to start thinking of his employees like customers helped Mark breako...
Moral Economics: Where Human Values Shape Markets | Alvin Roth
A kidney transplant does not work like buying a gallon of milk. Neither does hiring or getting into a medical residency. In these markets, both sides care deeply about who they end up with, and a good outcome depends on more than money.
Team Chemistry: The Intangible Forces That Make Teams Win | Joan Ryan, Revisited
When Joan Ryan stepped into the locker room to conduct her first post-game interview as a sports journalist, she was all but kicked out by the players. Feeling both unwelcome and undeterred, she made a firm decision to stick around and make a n...
The Hidden Cost of Leaving Faith Outside Work | Elaine Ecklund
Most workplaces don’t quite know what to do with faith. It often gets simplified, avoided, or treated as something too divisive to bring into professional life. Elaine Ecklund studies what happens when people try to leave that part of themselve...
Why People Want Conflicting Things from Work | Derek Sivers, Revisited
People often want conflicting things from work because they carry different ideas about what makes a good life. What feels meaningful to one person can feel draining to another, and those differences often go deeper than personality or preferen...
