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Google's Idea of Productivity Is a Bad Fit For Many Other Workplaces

Posted by Soulskill on from the do-not-try-this-at-home dept.

New submitter rjupstate writes "Google places a lot of value on the spontaneous creativity that can occur when two employees from completely different parts of the company meet. It's an ideal that Google has perfected over the years, but it's not something that will work for most other organizations. Executives trying to replicate Google's approach could even create major problems among their workforces."

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  1. Re:Google, eh? by NJRoadfan · · Score: 3, Informative

    Sounds similar to how rounded rectangles landed up in QuickDraw. Note that the developer mostly worked from home: http://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?story=Round_Rects_Are_Everywhere.txt