Book of Red Gate 2010 - Red Gate Software
Book of Red Gate 2010 - Red Gate Software
Book of Red Gate 2010 - Red Gate Software
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welly wanging . It’s more than painting cartoon characters <strong>of</strong><br />
everyone on the walls. It’s something other than five-a-side<br />
football, squash, running, yoga, Japanese, cooking club, massages.<br />
It’s not the crazy questions (and answers) on the white<br />
board. It’s not the occasionally bizarre forum threads about<br />
dishwasher tablets or Christmas cracker jokes. It’s deeper than<br />
great Xmas parties and Summer days out.<br />
Maybe you can find the essence <strong>of</strong> <strong>Red</strong> <strong>Gate</strong> in the way we<br />
approach our work…. How many genuinely open, collaborative,<br />
transparent companies are there, that actually practise<br />
what they preach about “no politics” and “do what works”,<br />
that are built around a spirit <strong>of</strong> restless creativity, forward<br />
momentum and optimistic evolution…. where everyone’s<br />
contribution is listened to and valued….? There I go again.<br />
I’ve drunk the Kool-aid. I’m wearing the (various) t-shirts,<br />
I’m singing the company song, I’m eating the company<br />
breakfast…<br />
The truth is, there is no way to capture the quality that makes<br />
<strong>Red</strong> <strong>Gate</strong> the company it is, any more than you can bottle<br />
sunshine. <strong>Red</strong> <strong>Gate</strong> is all <strong>of</strong> the things in this book and more;<br />
it’s greater than the sum <strong>of</strong> its parts.<br />
But (as the actress said to the bishop) what great parts there<br />
are. So, to anyone who’s curious about what makes us tick,<br />
this book is a good place to start. “What is so great about <strong>Red</strong><br />
<strong>Gate</strong>?”<br />
Everything.<br />
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