Lab Rats
Tech Gurus, Junk Science, and Management Fads—My Quest to Make Work Less Miserable
by Dan Lyons
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At a time of soaring corporate profits and plenty of HR lip service about "wellness," millions of workers—in virtually every industry — are deeply unhappy. Why did work become so miserable? Who is responsible? And does any company have a model for doing it right?
For two years, Lyons ventured in search of answers. From the innovation-crazed headquarters of the Ford Motor Company in Detroit, to a cult-like "Holocracy" workshop in San Francisco, and to corporate trainers who specialize in . . . Legos, Lyons immersed himself in the often half-baked and frequently lucrative world of what passes for management science today. He shows how new tools, workplace practices, and business models championed by tech's empathy-impaired power brokers have shattered the social contract that once existed between companies and their employees. These dystopian beliefs—often masked by pithy slogans like "We're a Team, Not a Family" — have dire consequences: millions of workers who are subject to constant change, dehumanizing technologies — even health risks.
A few companies, however, get it right. With Lab Rats, Lyons makes a passionate plea for business leaders to understand this dangerous transformation, showing how profit and happy employees can indeed coexist.
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October 23, 2018 -
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- ISBN: 9780316561853
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- ISBN: 9780316561853
- File size: 655 KB
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- English
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