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Epic's requirements were commercial capability and culture transformation. The key test was whether the new company could not just survive but successfully expand its services. Here's what we did.

Radical Innovation In a Key Part of UK Government

Members of GCHQ discussed how they are bringing innovation into the department using a new crowdfunding-style system.

8 Companies That Celebrate Mistakes

Do we want people to make mistakes? The answer I generally get to this question is 'Yes', because people recognise that this is how we learn and discover new ways of doing things. In this blog, find out about eight companies that celebrate mistakes by staff, and how they do it.

I am quoted this morning in an article in the Independent: “Capita accused of using major government contract to short-change small companies, driving some out of business.”

Could Work Become a Freedom-Centred World?

Unleash the power of the people in your workplace. Isn't that what democracy is about?

Henry gave a speech at WorldBlu's Freedom at Work Conference in Miami in 2015. Henry explains why you should allow your people to choose their manager.

9 Benefits of Having Happy Employees

Following last week’s article on 7 ways to find more meaning at work, Elinor Schmitz-Jansen has continued her research. This week she covers the benefits of having happy employees.

Think Big – Like Google

At the Happy Workplace 2013 conference Yvonne Agyei (Google Head of Benefits) explained Google’s Think Big philosophy. Or as she put it, “have a healthy disregard for the impossible”.

Google: Hire Great People and Give Them Lots of Autonomy

At the Happy Workplace 2013 conference Yvonne Agyei (Google Head of Benefits) explained how Google creates happy and healthy Googlers.

In his excellent book “Becoming a Better Boss“, Julian Birkinshaw describes a very interesting experiment at the pharma multi-national Roche. Two groups of staff, in Germany and Switzerland, were told that their travel claims were to become self-authorised.