The Business Romantic

an altogether different group was settling in for a summer season of passion, transcendence, and delirium—

Being a romantic company is not synonymous with being purpose driven or socially responsible. To the romantic, social purpose matters, but learning, excitement, and adventure matter just as much, if not more.

Culture, he announced defiantly, had become the new counterculture.

You will walk away with Rules of Enchantment that show you how to act on your romantic beliefs

We stash our wistful longings away when we enter our cubicles in the morning, our longings for an opportunity to express our truest selves at work, for an experience that makes us feel fully alive in our jobs, throughout our careers.

Against this backdrop of confusion and insecurity, Millennials are looking for a greater sense of meaning and community through work.

tracking not only employee productivity but also social interactions—“social physics,” as computer scientist Alex Pentland calls this new genre of sociometric data.

who have found and sustained this romance in their relationship to business.

what are your first memories of work?