Build A Bigger Life

Julie Clow is a unique combination of intellectual, dynamic hard-charging Gen Xer, and organizational behaviorist. In a word, she’s cool. Julie holds an organizational development position with Chanel currently, though worked for Google previously, and had done consulting just after receiving her graduate degree. The Google culture for her was an eye-opening experience, one where actual value that people bring to their jobs was the focus, not just how many hours they put in a day. The experience led Julie to write the book The Work Revolution after sharing stories about Google and having people show such intense interest in how to make that happen in their organizations. One-by-one, Julie believes companies will realize that they have to change their models of leading and how “work” happens or else they won’t be able to attract the right talent. (12:00) If companies would give some leeway or discretion in how hours are set and work is done, Julie says organizations may realize greater profits and productivity