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The simple funnel here is a free step, then the paid offer. A 30-day trial, and the monthly plan is on the table the day it ends.
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Coursera's new registrations went from 8 million in 2019 to 31 million in 2020. That is a 387% rise.
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Thoughtworks, 48 offices in 17 countries, was a top-4 workplace in Australia in 2021. Their line: a home for all technologists.
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Inventium in Victoria tried a four-day week for six months. Fridays off. Productivity rose 26%.
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A GitLab report in the piece: about 34% of Australian workers would leave rather than be forced back to the office.
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A learning culture here means people can disagree out loud. That candour is how you tell psychological safety is real.
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A cash culture, in the McKinsey model used here, means reporting a small repair before it becomes a breakdown and an unplanned bill.
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Louis Vuitton, Longchamp, and Goyard let customers personalise the bag. Bespoke Cycling in London lets people build the bike online.
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Lego Ideas started in 2008 as Lego Cuuso. Designers who get a set made receive 1% in royalties. 35 sets have launched.
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A 2018 study in the piece: agility is what answers volatility. The motivation list is autonomy, competence, relatedness, and psychological safety.
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2020 showed work outside the office could still be productive. The piece calls the hybrid workplace the most enduring legacy of Covid.
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Bunnings reported almost 20% earnings growth as lockdowns turned into home projects. Airbnb laid off 25% of its workforce in May 2020.
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For a team that is not in the same room, the minimum named here is a weekly chat of 15 minutes. Slack can carry it.
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Adam Grant's line, as used here: one taker's damage is double or triple a giver's upside. Screen the takers out first.
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A reason good people leave, named here, is not the pay. It is goals and priorities that keep shifting.
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Admiral William McRaven's commencement line, used here: make the bed. One finished task in the morning makes the next one easier to start.
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Since 2008 the author has taken businesses from AU$100,000 turnover into the millions. Tailoring the plan to the owner, not a template, has been worth up to 20% in the result.
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ABS, 2021: 15% of Australians aged 16 to 85 had high or very high psychological distress. The coping tool named here is journaling. Oprah and Branson do it.
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Dan Ariely's line, as used here: a bonus beats a discount, because free is a stronger pull. The exception in the study is vice products, where a discount eases the guilt.
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In early 2022 a chain sold picnic rugs like Sharnee Thorpe's Wandering Folk designs, at less than a third of the price. She could not treat it as counterfeit. She told her 100,000 Instagram followers.
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