Facilitating Intellectual Intensity
#64 in the Green Goldfish Project – Kayak.com
Taken from a post at INC:
We have an open office environment. I sit out with the product managers. We hold design meetings at one another’s desks throughout the day. We do design interaction like that, where everyone can hear and anyone can jump in. If anyone needs to make a private phone call, there are a few private offices, but our general philosophy is that an open environment facilitates intellectual intensity. Most engineers are introverted. Here, when people overhear a discussion, we encourage them to walk over and say, “There’s another way to do that.”
Today’s Lagniappe (a little something extra thrown in for good measure) – Here’s a YouTube video with Donny Deutsch and the founders of Kayak.com:
The Green Goldfish Project is a quest to find 1,001 examples of marketing lagniappe for employees. Green goldfish are the little signature extras given to employees. They help differentiate a company, increase employee retention and drive positive WoM.
