We first published this reading list on June 9, 2009 of books for people interested in creating great workplaces.  This is the first update to the list to include my review of The Starbucks Experience by Joseph Michelli (hint: not recommended)

I cannot recommend The Starbucks Experience, by Joseph Michelli.  This book is little more than a long infomercial for a company that does not need one.  What Starbucks has done, and continues to do is extraordinary, but this book does not do it justice.

It's official: Nearsoft is honored to be among the Top 20 Great Places to Work in Mexico among IT and Telecom companies.  We're pretty excited that we placed #17 in the list, right next to well-respected companies like Nokia, SAS, HP, Dell, Symantec and SAP among others.

We've been reading a lot of books that have to do with culture building, nurturing, etc.  In particular, we are interested in every aspect of how to create a place where people feel respected.  Where they feel "safe" making mistakes and encouraged to make great stuff happen.