LIFT08: The Hedonistic Company

Holm Friebe and Phillip Albers from the socialistic-capitalist joint-venture Zentrale Intelligenz Agentur in Berlin will show new forms of cooperation and collaborative work in todays' society.

"A good name, website and business cards" is all a company needs.

Seven (or so) rules of working together

Rule 1: The 7 NOs
No ... office, employees, fixed costs, pitches, exclusivity, working hours, bullshit.

Rule 2: Work-Work Balance
Engage in client work and self induced projects. "Don't let your own projects be corrupted by commercial work"

Rule 3: Instant Gratification
Use money as an incentive. Distribute immediately after job.

Rule 4: Pluralism of Methods
Find technical solutions for social problems and use online tools of collaboration instead of meetings. Skype, Google Calendar & Docs, Lesemaschine (collaborative editing tool)

Rule 5: Fixed ideas
Live up your intellectual ideas and dark desires at work.
Powerpoint Karaoke

Rule 6: Responsibilities without hierarchies
Each project has to have one person in charge but it can be anybody. Organize majorities for your ideas.

Rule 7: The Power of Procrastination
Don't try to be too efficient. Good ideas will adapt and catch on, even if you neglect them for a while.

Rule 7.5: Marketing by Feuilleton
... changing a company to a hedonistic format

Links:
ZIA's Collective Blog: Riesenmaschine