The Happy Innovator

摘要

"The Circle," a 2017 movie starring Tom Hanks and Emma Watson, is an interesting commentary on building a better workplace.Hanks plays Eamon Bailey, a modern-day tech entrepreneur who has built a startup into a global tech giant. He is determined to have a workplace in which people are happy.Watson, of Harry Potter fame, portrays Mae Holland, an honest and open millennial who gets the job opportunity of a lifetime working for Bailey's company.In the background, Patton Oswalt plays Bailey's right-hand man, Tom Stenton, who proves to be a dark force with an entirely different agenda driven by immediate profit and for whom ethics have little relevance.The characters represent three classic forces in play as so many of us try to build a better workplace. Most of us want a happier and productive workplace, but there are forces rooted in history that seem to work against this. These forces can reduce creativity and force us to behave like robots.