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What does fulfillment at work really look like?

For the last 30 years, Semco has operated as a kind of lab for experimenting on what it takes to build positive working lives. By Polly LaBarre

What it takes to do new things at work, overnight

Australian software firm Atlassian has developed a novel method to give its employees enough "slack time" to develop new ideas that has gone viral. By Polly LaBarre

When nobody (and everybody) is the boss

The best bosses understand that their power comes not from maintaining control, but from devising ways to unleash more freedom, creativity, and contribution. By Polly LaBarre

Why you should embrace your company's heretics

Why does so much innovation happen in spite of the system, rather than because of it? A look at what it takes to embrace your organization's misfits.

While many have embraced the ethos behind Apple's celebrated "Think Different" campaign of the late 1990s, how much has actually changed at most offices? By Polly LaBarre

Management: Last bastion of American hegemony?

The U.S. has lost its indisputable lead in several industries and disciplines, but it still dominates how business leaders the world over think about management. Change is afoot, though.

By Julian Birkinshaw, professor, London Business School

(TheMIX) -- How many living management gurus can you name who did not learn their trade in North America? I have asked many colleagues this question, and it's pretty hard to come up with a good MORE

Cultivating creative thinking at work

Creativity is less art and more discipline -- and quite accessible. Here are a few techniques to consider using.

Want to change your company? Go viral.

The energy to truly change a company over the course of months or years has to come from the grassroots. How mangers can use viral marketing to support this kind of change. By Scott Heller and Colin Price

Curbing your company's fear of change

It's all too easy for companies to strangle themselves by using processes that offer no room for changes. How managers can dig their companies out of this rut.By Julian Birkinshaw

The open secrets of employee motivation

Employees can easily go along their daily routines without much insight on the people buying their products, but exposing them to customers can serve as a powerful motivator.

By Julian Birkinshaw and Simon Caulkin, contributors

(ManagementInnovationeXchange) -- Employee engagement is, as they say, a no-brainer. There are stacks of literature showing that companies with committed employees who feel strongly about their organization do better financially than those with indifferent employees. In many MORE

When it comes to project work, casting is everything

Assigning people to work on projects is the stuff that management is made of, but how do you choose the right people for the right gigs? By Julian Birkinshaw