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Category: Clockwork culture
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What Being a “Best Workplace” Really Means
On July 1st, the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal announced the 2013 winners of their Best Places to Work awards. Clockwork was among the 53 companies whose employees “gave their employers high marks in an anonymous survey on topics such as work environment, people practices and how things work day-to-day.” Over the last few years, Clockwork has won…
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Clockwork Wins Three National Communication Awards
We’re thrilled to announce we won three 2014 Communicator Awards for the YMCA of the Greater Twin Cities website redesign launched in 2013. Announced in April, the collaborative team won: Gold Award of Excellence: Structure and Navigation Silver Award of Distinction: Websites, Healthcare Silver Award of Distinction: Websites, Nonprofits Other companies honored include Coca-Cola, Human…
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Building Communication and Connection
The challenge In the nearly eight years that I’ve been with Clockwork, we’ve quintupled in size — from 12 people in one room to more than 60 spread across 10,000 square feet and 4 seating areas (not to mention our flexible work environment, which means some people are working from other locations). With that growth…
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Beyond Family-Friendly
On my way into work the other day, I was struck with a sudden lightning bolt of gratefulness. I had just dropped my son off at his new daycare, and was able to give him the long goodbye that he seemed to need. Before that, I had been standing at the bus stop with my…
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Meeting Indra Nooyi
In early May, a few of us Clockworkers were invited by our PepsiCo clients to see and hear PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi speak at The Carlson School of Management’s First Tuesday Series. What struck me, and what was evident from the minute she took the stage, was how much of a class act she is: she was genuine,…
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I Wasn’t Like Everybody Else
When I came out in the late 80s I felt like there was no place for me. It was considered a really rebellious thing to do. More than not, the people in my life reacted well (except for my parents, but they eventually came around). But culturally speaking, coming out was like saying there was something…
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CEO Nancy Lyons honored with Progress Minnesota award
On Tuesday, April 16th, our CEO Nancy Lyons was honored by Finance & Commerce with a Progress Minnesota award. The Progress Minnesota program recognizes individuals and companies who are driving business and industrial growth and economic development in Minnesota in unique and innovative ways. Only 19 companies and eight individuals received awards, so not only is…
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The real solution to the “Work From Home” debate
Sparking the debate Yahoo’s CEO, Marissa Mayer, caused a pretty significant wave across corporate America yesterday with her sweeping mandate requiring all employees to report back to the office for active duty. In other words – Mayer is eliminating a work from home policy – the kind of policy that Internet companies made famous in…
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The Truth About The ‘Best’
The last couple of weeks have been pretty busy at Clockwork. In just the last few days we’ve launched some major client initiatives that we’ve been working hard on for months. And while we kept our heads down and our efforts focused two other events happened, and I really wanted to mark them in time.…