Friday, June 22, 2007

Finding a balance

This is what I need :

No schedules. No mandatory meetings. Inside Best Buy's radical reshaping of the workplace .
One afternoon last year, Chap Achen, who oversees online orders at Best Buy Co. (BBY ), shut down his computer, stood up from his desk, and announced that he was leaving for the day. It was around 2 p.m., and most of Achen's staff were slumped over their keyboards, deep in a post-lunch, LCD-lit trance. "See you tomorrow," said Achen. "I'm going to a matinee."

Work should no longer be a place where you go, but something you do. It's O.K. to take conference calls while you are fishing or eating ice cream at Brusters.

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