Nine Lies About Work

Notes

INTRODUCTION

1. “23 Economic Experts Weigh In: Why Is Productivity Growth So Low?” Focus Economics, accessed November 10, 2018, https://www.focus-economics.com/blog/why-is-productivity-growth-so-low-23-economic-experts-weigh-in.

LIE #1

1. To offer just one example, a recent article in Harvard Business Review suggests that culture comes in eight flavors (Learning, Purpose, Caring, Order, Safety, Authority, Results, and Enjoyment); that each of these is measurable across a company as a whole; that companies can combine several of these into their overall culture; and that an important part of selecting senior leaders is to assess the degree of correspondence between their intrinsic characteristics and the desired corporate culture. Boris ...