Changes and Adaptation of zu Part 3: Change Brings Change

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Sep 30, 2011

In my last post, I talked about how we are challenging our staff to take more ownership in the projects they work on by letting them become owners of zu. With a combined profit sharing plan and an ownership stake in start-ups that become clients, our staff is stepping up to the challenge. At the [...]

Change and Adaptation of zu Part 2: The Plan

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Sep 28, 2011

A few days ago, I posted an entry about some of the recent changes here at zu. In that post, I mentioned a plan we’ve developed for the company. Since then, a few people have asked me about that plan, so I’ve decided to go into a little more detail here. Essentially, the plan is [...]

Change and Adaptation of zu Part One

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Sep 23, 2011

There have been a lot of changes at zu over the past year, and we are really excited about the new challenges they bring about. Every change we’ve made (and the ones we will make soon) have been done with one goal in mind: to deliver world-class service to our clients. Perhaps the biggest change [...]

Changing Our World Through Stories

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Mar 01, 2011

I read a lot of books, including comic books. Over the past couple years, the stories I was reading trended towards a common, powerful theme. It’s a bit “meta,” but the theme behind a lot of the stories I was reading was the power of story and ideas—not only the power they can have on [...]

Why trust is important

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Jul 30, 2010

Where does trust fit into a relationship? Trust gives you the green light to invest your time and money into companies, people, partners, clothing, books and homes. And you trust that, once this transaction is complete, you will be rewarded with your desired outcome.