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Building a “Culture of Innovation” is certainly a hot topic these days, and rightly so; hiring great innovators almost universally coincides with being both successful and a great workplace. However, with all the information floating around on the topic, it still remains elusive.

Here at Great Place to Work^® we get an intimate view of the inner workings of innovative companies.

Workplace culture can be a fuzzy concept for some, which is why Great Place to Work^® has designed a framework for examining company culture. The key to this framework lies within the interaction between managers, supervisors and their employees; frontline management sets the tone and disseminates cultural values throughout the organizational ranks.

In the wake of rising healthcare costs, many employers are electing to spend even more on employee wellness programs. In 2013, Great Place to Work^® saw a surprising 55 of the 100 Best Companies to Work For in the U.S. offer rewards and incentives, from reductions in healthcare premiums, cash bonuses, and gifts and other prizes, to employees who participate in wellness programs, including health screenings, weight loss or smoking cessation programs, or maintaining certain biometric standards.

As I sat outside on a perfect, sunny day in Silicon Valley, watching dogs play in the grass, and men in suits ride by on brightly colored bicycles, I found it hard to believe what I was hearing. A group from Great Place to Work^® had just finished a tour of Google’s Mountain View campus, led by three members of Google’s People Operations team. “It’s not really about the perks,” they insisted. Sure, I thought, as I adjusted my chair so I could get a better angle on the outdoor volley ball game that had just started up, and slipped out of my jacket to get some sun on my arms.

Great Place to Work™ Institute UAE revealed its third annual list of ‘Top 15 Companies to Work For in the UAE’ during an awards ceremony at The H Hotel (formerly The Monarch) in Dubai yesterday.

David Robert appeared on Dubai Media Studio One to answer the question, "What makes a great workplace?"

David Robert, Chief Executive Officer of Great Place to Work™ UAE, appeared on Inside Business to speak about the challenges that Human Resources professionals are facing in the current business climate.

What’s soft and mushy on the outside, but competitive and profitable on the inside? It’s a company that ranks highly on the annual Great Place To Work^® survey. “It’s not some fluffy, nice-to-have concept,” said Paul Rellis, CEO of Microsoft Ireland. “It is really good for our business.”

A recently released National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper documents the powerful role that shared capitalism practices play in the overall positive financial performance of an organization. This research paper reports on analysis conducted by Doug Kruse and Joseph Blasi of Rutgers University and Richard Freeman of Harvard University.

I want to suggest that the World’s Best Multinational Workplaces represent far more than a collection of winners of the ultimate workplace Oscars. They represent something very important for society in general. They are – I believe – the vanguard of the workplace of the future. Before looking forward, consider for a moment that this event would have been unimaginable some 28 years ago when Milton Moskowitz and I published The 100 Best Companies to Work for in America.