9 Best Articles in 2022
MIT Sloan School of Management
Does your company suffer from broken culture syndrome?
MIT Sloan School of Management
6 min read · Jan 10th · Whether it’s caused by culture clash, cultural inertia, or total toxic collapse, broken culture syndrome can sink an organization. But there’s a way out.
Reader View · Shared by 181, including John Nosta, Thomas Pleil, Chris Gledhill | gledhill.eth, Meghan M. Biro ⚡️, Carla Gentry, Sergio Caredda
The Verge
Emotional baggage: inside the toxic work environment at Away
The Verge
20+ min read · From 2019 · Away promised a company culture of travel and inclusion, but former employees say CEO Steph Korey uses the company values to get people to work harder and longer.
Reader View · Shared by 280, including fantastic ms., AisleOne, DHH, Bob Sutton, Kathy Klotz-Guest MA, MBA, Nilofer Merchant, Andy Budd, Shelly Kramer, Kyle Chayka, 🏴 Eithiriel (Nichole Elizabeth DeMeré), Jeff Nolan 🇺🇸🚀, Khoi Vinh, Goldie Chan 💚, Kelsey D. Atherton, Cameron Sinclair, Chris DiBona, Mathew Ingram, Marcin Wichary, Brian Laung Aoaeh, CFA, Safia
Visual Capitalist
15 Warning Signs to Identify a Toxic Work Environment Before Taking a Job
Visual Capitalist
~12 min read · 2020-11-16 · This graphic illustrates 15 warning signs that job interviewees can use to help identify a toxic work environment before they join the wrong company.
Reader View · Shared by 174, including Nicolas Babin #AmazonPartner, Gisele Navarro, Katja Evertz, Stephanie A Kowalski, Terence Mills, Cyril Coste 🥇#DigitalTransformation, niazakhan
MIT Sloan Management Review
Toxic Culture Is Driving the Great Resignation
MIT Sloan Management Review
~14 min read · Jan 11th · Data analysis reveals the top reasons behind the Great Resignation and actions managers can take to reduce attrition.
Summary · Reader View · Shared by 197, including Helen Yu, Dr. Marcell Vollmer 🇺🇦 #StaySafe & Carpe Diem, Scott Monty, Meghan M. Biro ⚡️, Samantha Kelly, Hannah Morgan, Lee Keyes, Sergio Caredda, Annette Franz, CCXP, Tiago Forte, Rob Tiffany #IoT #DigitalTwins, Ekaterina Walter, 🟣 Antonio Vieira Santos #FutureOfWork, Nicolas Babin #AmazonPartner, davidabrock, Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, Harold Sinnott 📱📲 #SAPSapphireOrlando, Arie Goldshlager, AI
Harvard Business Review
How to Defeat Busy Culture
Harvard Business Review
4 min read · 2020-09-29 · It’s toxic and wrecks productivity.
Reader View · Shared by 313, including Katja Evertz, Stowe Boyd, Marcus Raitner, Neil Hart 💙, Tom Connor, Stefan Diepolder, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, Keerthi G, Christian Fauteux
Fast Company
4 ways a boss can create a toxic workplace
Fast Company
4 min read · 2021-09-03 · If you’ve worked with a toxic boss, then these behaviors will probably sound all too familiar.
Reader View · Shared by 110, including Víctor González Pacheco, Anita Leirfall, Lee Keyes, Art Markman, Guy Kawasaki
Fast Company
To build a healthy workplace, you need a toxic culture alarm
Fast Company
7 min read · Mar 14th · Organizations of the past lacked a way to measure when a workplace grew toxic. New design thinking can help—but only by including the most marginalized.
Forbes
How To Spot A Toxic Culture In A Job Interview
Forbes
6 min read · 2021-04-25 · The employer knows a lot more about what they're selling than you know about what you’re buying.
Reader View · Shared by 128, including Christian Hartmann, Amy Edmondson, Konrad Weber, Gabriele, Vincenzo Tremonte
Harvard Business Review
3 Ways Senior Leaders Create a Toxic Culture
Harvard Business Review
7 min read · From 2018 · Dysfunction at the top can hurt the whole company.
Reader View · Shared by 40, including Fabian Künzli, mdy, Pam Moore
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MIT Sloan School of Management
5 digital transformation and talent retention ideas from MIT Sloan Management Review
MIT Sloan School of Management
5 min read · Apr 4th · How to define the right KPIs, why toxic culture is driving turnover, and more insights for leading in 2022.
Summary · Reader View · Shared by 83, including Wilko S. Wolters 🇩🇪🇪🇺 See you at #HM22 ⚙️, Bob E. Hayes
devops.com
Agile/Scrum is a Failure
devops.com
6 min read · May 10th · In this week’s The Long View: Agile and Scrum are increasingly getting a bad reputation, being associated with the worst aspects of toxic workplace culture.
Reader View · Shared by 99, including Edney Souza 🧙♂️, Massimiliano Aroffo, @Richi 🤓 Jennings
Guardian US
How 4chan’s toxic culture helped radicalize Buffalo shooting suspect
Guardian US
3 min read · May 18th · Peyton Gendron’s 180-page manifesto borrowed straight from the site’s politics boards, echoing antisemite and racist myths
Reader View · Shared by 15, including Dr. Alec Couros
Axios
Scoop: Activision Blizzard adding 2 women to its board
Axios
1 min read · Apr 21st · The board has been criticized for sticking by CEO Bobby Kotick amid allegations of the company's toxic culture.
Reader View · Shared by 10, including Dan Primack, Carla Gentry
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MIT Sloan School of Management
5 digital transformation and talent retention ideas from MIT Sloan Management Review
MIT Sloan School of Management
5 min read · Apr 4th · How to define the right KPIs, why toxic culture is driving turnover, and more insights for leading in 2022.
Summary · Reader View · Shared by 83, including Wilko S. Wolters 🇩🇪🇪🇺 See you at #HM22 ⚙️, Bob E. Hayes
VICE
'Civilization' and Strategy Games' Progress Delusion
VICE
7 min read · From 2019 · How strategy games have held on to one of colonialism's most toxic narratives, and how they might finally be letting it go.
Reader View · Shared by 215, including Matthias Lampe, Ines Bieler, Dr. Marigo Raftopoulos, Paolo Pedercini, 🌏🔎Leigh Alexander 🐬💿✨
talentculture.com
How to Fix a Toxic Workplace Culture
talentculture.com
4 min read · From 2018 · What makes a workplace toxic? Shaara Roman shares three traits of a toxic workplace and strategies to improve.
Reader View · Shared by 12, including 🟣 Antonio Vieira Santos #FutureOfWork, Ron Sela, FANZO 🧢 NFT 365 Podcast
Inc.
4 Devastating Consequences of a Toxic Workplace Culture
Inc.
3 min read · From 2019 · The effects of a toxic company culture are devastating and in the billions.
Reader View · Shared by 10, including Real Marsha Wright®, Jacob Morgan
adigaskell.org
The Mental Health Impact Of A Toxic Workplace
adigaskell.org
2 min read · 2021-09-28 · Toxic workplaces have many consequences, from a fall in productivity and cooperation to sinking morale and employee engagement. Research from the University of South Australia highlights the impact…
Reader View · Shared by 42, including Kate Nasser, Lee Keyes, Mike Atwater, PhD, Dorlee Michaeli, MBA, LCSW
Inc.
3 Signs You're the Toxic Person in Your Workplace (And What to Do About It)
Inc.
5 min read · From 2018 · People tend to have a natural aversion to those who make it 'all about themselves.' But wait, is that person you?
Reader View · Shared by 45, including Alf Rehn
The New Stack
Why Tech Is Still Toxic for Women (and What to Do About it)
The New Stack
~12 min read · 2021-01-18 · The world is toxic for women. The internet is toxic for women — and the workplace is toxic for women, all thanks to their (mostly) male counterparts’ systemic permission to be aggressive with little…
Reader View · Shared by 13, including Esther Schindler, Brian Rinaldi
Fast Company
How to fix your toxic culture
Fast Company
3 min read · From 2018 · Office culture doesn’t turn toxic because of a few bad seeds. It turns toxic because leadership didn’t see or outright ignored the signs that something was amiss.
Reader View · Shared by 17, including Christian P. Stobbe
The New York Times
The Island Is Idyllic. As a Workplace, It’s Toxic.
The New York Times
~12 min read · 2021-04-27 · Globe-trotting diners flock to the Willows Inn’s serene Northwest setting. But former employees say faked ingredients, sexual harassment and an abusive kitchen are the real story.
Reader View · Shared by 33, including Garance Franke-Ruta, Taylor Lorenz, Sam Sifton, Jessica Valenti, Steve Silberman, Alice Wong 王美華
