Another Great Place to Work: Philips

Philips is implementing the New Way of Working (NWoW) throughout the world. They call their program Workplace Innovation (WPI). In my forthcoming book I will devote a complete chapter on Philips WPI: when, why and how it started, how they go about their transformations and what the results are so far.

The interesting thing about Philips WPI is that they run this program in different countries in different ways but with a common base. In other words they understand that work environments are and will remain different in for example Hong Kong as opposed to say Sao Paulo. But still they want to accomplish the same effectiveness, efficiency and worker satisfaction everywhere. For that you need to differentiate and take into account the cultural make-up of a country.

Here is a 5 minute video clip on WPI. The video is targeted at (future) users informing on what to expect and instructing them on how to behave: find a desk, clean it when you leave, decide for yourself when and where to work, walk away when on the phone and so on.

And yes near the end of the clip (at 4 minutes 18 seconds) they mention it:

"WPI gives you a Great Place to Work"

So to all Philips office workers throughout the world: enjoy it, because "You can manage it".