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May 09

We Are Family

Posted by The Elves on May 9, 2008. Filled under About Us, Culture, Events, Footprint, People.

Friends and family are very important to us at ?What If! so every year we invite them to come hang out with us for an evening and get a better idea what the hell we really do! Last night we had 30 of our favourite people come explore our offices, learn about how we work […]

 

May 02

Starting A Culture Club

Posted by The Elves on May 2, 2008. Filled under About Us, Culture, People, Values.

We have started a sharing group; it’s made up of people who work within the culture and people teams of some great companies. We meet once a month to share and steal ideas from each other on various topics. Last month we all met for the first time and talked around culture, its no secret […]

 

Apr 29

Where Else You Might Find Us …

Posted by The Elves on April 29, 2008. Filled under About Us, People.

So you can find some loads of (we hope) great insights and posts here, but the folks from ?What If! can also be found blogging elsewhere - if you’d like to read more, check out some of the links below.
Blake Glenn tells how “Innovation is No Longer A Choice, It’s About Death or Glory”
Lou Burrows […]

 

Apr 23

Going The Distance

Posted by The Elves on April 23, 2008. Filled under About Us, People, Sport.

Dear friends, family and supporters,
A huge thank you to you all for supporting me.  Last weekend I did the London Marathon in just over 5 hours.  I could have done it in a shorter time but at mile 14 my hips just locked and I had to walk for a few hundred meters - after […]

 

Apr 03

Notes From the Great Place to Work Conference

Posted by The Elves on April 3, 2008. Filled under About Us, People, Recruitment.

Minnie and I are at the Great Place to Work Conference in St Louis this week and attended the opening Key Note session today. The speakers were Laszlo Bock, VP for People Operations at Google and Jack DePeters, SVP of Store Ops at Wegmans. Both have won the Best Place to Work in the USA.
Just […]

 

Apr 01

Strange, I Just Heard That Yesterday …

Posted by The Elves on April 1, 2008. Filled under People, Psychology.

Ever get that strange feeling that everyone is sharing the same collective thoughts as you? The Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon is the strange instance where a person learns something new (usually some obscure fact or addition to their lexicon) and have it related back to them shortly after hearing it for the first time. Many […]

 

Mar 19

Wonderful World, Beautiful “People”

Posted by The Elves on March 19, 2008. Filled under About Us, People, Recruitment.

I was reading an interesting piece by blog guru Seth Godin, who said that HR leaders should change the department name to Talent. This is something we did many years ago (we’re an innovation company, remember?), but recently we’ve moved onto calling it “People”. My view on talent word is that it’s superlative. But […]