Content tagged with “workplace”

“This is a re-read for me. I first read this back in 2013 when it came out. I was on vacation in Turks and Caicos. I remember reading this in a hammock at one point. This is not a focused book. I’m not going to call it a ‘meditation,’ because it has good information, it’s just not self-help or…”

“I don’t really know what to do with this book. I have trouble even categorizing it. It’s about working remotely, but it’s not a how-to manual, or even something with the solution to practical problems. It’s more of a…polemic, basically. It’s a call to arms; an encouragement for everyone to try…”

“A few chapters in, I was prepared to dismiss this as just another collection of idealized, ‘aren’t we amazing’ ways of doing things at a hip, with-it company…but it got better. The book is written by the head of HR at Google, and describes all of the ‘Google-ly’ things they do for their employees….”