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Lab Rats: Tech Gurus, Junk Science, and Management Fads?ùMy Quest to Make Work Less Miserable
Hachette Books
ISBN13:
9780316561877
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New York Times bestselling author Dan Lyons exposes how the "new oligarchs" of Silicon Valley have turned technology into a tool for oppressing workers in this "passionate" (Kirkus) and "darkly funny" (Publishers Weekly) examination of workplace culture. 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.
- | Author: Dan Lyons
- | Publisher: Hachette Books
- | Publication Date: October 1, 2019
- | Number of Pages: 288 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback
- | ISBN-10: 0316561878
- | ISBN-13: 9780316561877
- Author:
- Dan Lyons
- Publisher:
- Hachette Books
- Publication Date:
- October 1, 2019
- Number of pages:
- 288 pages
- Language:
- English
- Binding:
- Paperback
- ISBN-10:
- 0316561878
- ISBN-13:
- 9780316561877