The Happiest Employees of 2021 — And Their Connections to Customers
As I looked at Comparably’s recent ranking of the 100 companies with the happiest employees in 2021, something struck me: In one way or another, many of top-scoring companies have a strong focus on customer experience. Top ten winners in the large company category include: Peloton and Zoom, two companies known for their customer obsession […]
Beat Up Ideas, Not People
Yesterday I read a disturbing article in The New York Times about cultural change at Twitter. In a nutshell, Twitter brought in an executive to “revamp Twitter’s design team and make it more diverse.” Part of his process: asking employees “to go around the room, complimenting and critiquing one another” in a two-hour meeting. The […]
Design For Your Employees—Because The Employee Experience Matters
Almost 10 years ago, I visited a designer friend who worked at Google’s Mountain View headquarters. The office tour was impressive, as expected. But what’s stuck with me for all of these years was lunch. Yes, lunch. We had king crab legs. All you could eat. For free. Google’s employee perks are the stuff of […]
