The Animated Workplace: Dreamworks’ “Six Pack” Approach To Building A Culture Of Creativity
By: Jessica Grose
Small teams, extracurricular art, and an open approach to failure help Dreamworks get the best from its army of animators and tech wizards.
Creative Cultures
Where Getting a Mild Electrical Shock Is Part of Your Job: How Tough Mudder Rewards Achievement Outside The Office
By: Jessica Grose
Tough Mudder is famous for its extreme obstacle courses. But even employees who aren’t scaling walls for a living are encouraged to push real-world boundaries.
How Rebuilding A Culture Can Reap Dramatic Results: Meet The Viral Wizards Duval Guillaume Modem
By: Meg Carter
After being acquired six years ago, the Belgian agency reassessed its priorities and created a more collaborative, streamlined and--dramatic surprise--creative operation.
19 Photos Of BuzzFeed’s Offices And 4 Things That Drive BuzzFeed’s Culture Of Win
By: Jessica Grose
BuzzFeed cofounder Jonah Peretti and chief creative officer Jeff Greenspan talk about how the company’s open culture has supported its growth in audience and mandate and what’s next.
What To Wear To The Apocalypse: Walking Dead Costumer Eulyn Womble On Telling A Story With Wardrobe
By: Susan Karlin
The disheveled garb of The Walking Dead’s survivors is actually carefully designed to inform character arcs and storyline. Costume designer Eulyn Womble lifts the veil on how wardrobe impacts narrative, and how she keeps zombie hunting just a little bit sexy.
Giving Us Space: What You Can Learn From NASA About Content and Social Media
By: Jessica Grose
How NASA has created a steady stream of fascinating, accessible content to bring science and space closer to home.
The Ascent Of “Mad”: See 60 Years Of Comic Subversion
By: Susan Karlin
The original Mad men were a group of subversive cartoonists and writers poking fun at anything that carried the slightest hint of authority. Today’s editorial crop have a much harder job--satirizing folks who have grown up with Mad and are in on the joke. On a tear of shameless shilling for its new 60th anniversary coffee table book, Totally Mad, editor John Ficarra weighs in on how the iconic magazine has kept up with the times.
Handmade Desks, “Breathing Rooms,” And Gross Happiness: Take A Look Inside Etsy HQ
By: Jessica Grose
Beyond just quirk, crafty marketplace Etsy offers employes a green (B Corp certified) place to work where happiness is measured and learning is encouraged.
The Other Legacy: Inside Collaboration Lab Oscilloscope
By: Jessica Grose
After engineering the hit debut of "Shut Up And Play The Hits," Oscilloscope’s David Laub and Dan Berger talk about the scrappy, collaborative ethic that continues to drive the company.
Social Animals: Behind The Community-Building Culture Of The National Zoo
By: Jessica Grose
The National Zoo uses social media to share the joyous and tragic circle of life with fans.
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