Changing how we approach work

Enough has been said about Google’s 20% time for personal pet projects and the different products that have come out of these projects for Google. A lot of other organizations try and adapt in their own way and implement it in their organizations. However, not many have been successful. Last week, 37Signals.com, on their blog announced that they are going to give a month off to all their employees (except for support teams, which will participate, which will be on top of their existing work. A month off, and an option to work on any project that you want, with […]

Gaming & social concepts applied to make test drives fun

I bought a car last month (Skoda Fabia). The entireexperience of buying the car was less than satisfactory on many counts. I wasonly able to take a short test drive (2Kms) around the showroom. This was thesame case with all the dealerships. When I asked that I would like to take a longertest drive and in different road conditions, I was always indicated that itwould be difficult to manage & turned down. The sales folks went on ranting about the car technology, engine capacity and all the other features of the car not bother to even understand my needs. For […]