From our experience (and we’re certain the rest of the HR world can relate), when employees are given the chance to choose how to work things themselves, it is not often that a clear consensus can be reached. There are so many diverse employees with diverse tastes and preferences, so we as HR professionals must […]
The Swedish model was a political system that emerged in the 1930s born as a compromise between the capitalists’ interests in economic growth and profitability, and the social liberals’ efforts for social policy equalisation. This foundation of compromise evolved into the idea of ’the people’s home’ – a kind of unwritten social contract with ideological […]
A litmus test The CV-19 pandemic has been a litmus test of company culture. If you got your response right, you’ll most likely have found that it’s reaffirmed that your cultural foundation is good, and simultaneously given you opportunities to make useful changes and accelerate new ideas. Our culture at Spotify is built on controlled […]
Organisations and industries are changing faster than ever. CV-19 has meant so many different things for countries, communities, companies, teams and individuals. For businesses all over the world and in the full range of industries. The reality is that change is the only constant. There are several common denominators created from this situation as well […]
The past few months have been unlike any others. First, the pandemic changed our lives almost overnight. Then we saw a global outpouring of anger and sadness following the death of George Floyd. Now is not a time to stand back and wait; it’s a time to take action. It’s time for all of us […]
It’s totally realistic to assume that one effect of COVID-19 is that distributed work will become the new normal for many of us, not just now during a pandemic status. What seems to be much harder to imagine, design, produce and deliver is live events. While the entire workforce working from home is not ideal, […]
Ideas drive us, not bureaucracy Typical corporate career paths with ladders, hierarchies, and bureaucracy? You have heard us soundboard this before in our blog – bureaucracy and hierarchy is just not our way. We don’t believe in up or out. We don’t believe in rest and vest. We want to give you the opportunity to […]
At Spotify, we’ve made it our business to make some noise. We’re not content to sit idly by and wait for others to forge new paths, we want to learn faster than the world around us is changing. In short, change is our constant. We’re dedicated to relentless innovation, ensuring our technology stays relevant, easy […]
If you follow and are the slightest interested in what’s up at Spotify, you most likely know we like to think of ourselves as a band. Ok, sure, we don’t look a lot like that group you put together in high school that could only play one Led Zeppelin song, but we still think the […]
The Spotify Way Over the past year or so we have come to a realization: We talk a lot about and refer back to “The Spotify Way,” but we have never truly defined what that is. As a result, others have tried to define it for us, to varying degrees of success. If you search […]