Five years ago or so I read a book by Dennis Bakke called Joy at Work. I found the author’s candor and clarity refreshing. In this book, Bakke takes on the old school “Industrial Revolution” mindset of many managers, pointing out that holding to this type of traditional mentality is often demeaning and disrespectful to [...]
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