Genius Required

I just found this which really made me laugh

There are local government elections in the UK today which made me think about making your voice heard. It’s important to stand up and be counted right? In the UK in 2005, just 61.5% of registered voters actually voted. So those 38.5% are, by their inaction, not at all interested in how the country is run. They have no issue with taxation, education, childcare provision, law enforcement, immigration, healthcare etc. I very very strongly suspect, however, that this 38.5% complain about all of these issues and more just as much as those of us that vote. Surely though, they have no right to complain about the way that the country is run if they haven’t used their voice to say what they do and don’t want?

Whilst we don’t have elections and the like at Lab49, we do encourage our staff to say what they think in order to get perspective on how the company is doing as an employer. We are in the process of arranging a method by which staff can, with complete anonimity, make suggestions about how things should be different, opportunities for improvement, what should stay the same etc. The offer of anonimity to staff is nothing to do with there being any consequences for staff members speaking freely; we were conscious of the fact that for some colleagues, saying how things should be different, might make them feel like a “moaner” or similar.

Lab49 is not a perfect company (there, I’ve said it!) but what is pretty great about us, is the fact that the people that run our company actually listen and take action based upon the suggestions of our staff. We want this to be a great place to work but without knowing what our staff want and think, we can’t make those changes.