Proposal, calling on the increased role the federal government and the National Election process. Good morning welcome to washington journal. Its a great pleasure to be with you thisfo morning. See him before he gets your proposal and me ask about the election itself. Nahor jumped four weeks hence, record turnout and by the federal governments on statement a secure election, the most secure election in u. S. History. What are some of your observations. Things that you found surprising in this years election . Guest the election was a very secure election b all standards. But, and weeks and months leading up to the election there was a tremendous amount of litigation and dispute over how mail in ballots would be counted and other issues of electioneering. And followinghe election, as everyone is aware a terminus amount ofitigation. A fair amount of uncertainty as to how and when results could be certified. So i think it has certainly been a secure election. But it isn election and which
And brought to you today by your television provider. Peter Reed Hastings and erin meyer are the coauthors of this book, no rules rules. Mr. Hastings is also the ceo of netflix. What is netflix and what do you do . Reed netflix is the worlds leading entertainment service. We produced Television Series and movies. Weve been around 20 years and have about 200 million families around the world who are members. Peter is there a connection to the 1998 companies where you had 900 movie titles and 30 employees . Rita theres a little connection to that. We started about 22 years ago, mainly dvds in the united states, competing with blockbuster. That was a full decade, really, we were competing with video stores dressed in the u. S. Thats 2007 when we started streaming, roughly the same time youtube did. Peter erin meyer, how did you get involved in this project . Erin i study cultural differences in the workplace. I am a professor. On the internet way at the beginning it said things like adequ
Host Reed Hastings and erin meyer are the coauthors of this new book no rules rules, netflix and the culture of reinvention. Mr. Hastings is also the ceo of netflix and mr. Hastings what is netflix and what do you do . Guest netflix is the worlds leading Entertainment Service and we reproduce and distribute amazing Television Series and movies and around about 20 years and have been 200 million families around the world who are our renters. Host is there a connection to the 1998 company where you had 900 movie titles and 30 employees . Guest a little connection to that. We started 22 years ago delivering dvds in the United States and competing with blockbuster and that was a full decade ago really that we were competing with video stores just in the u. S. When thats 2007 when we started streaming. Roughly the same time youtube did. Host erin meyer, how did you get involved in this book project . I study cultural differences in the workplace and im a School Professor and i came across t
Then youve got another type of work. Creative work. It used to be very small and it has grown to be a substantial part of the economy and we are over influenced by the factory paradigm. You want to increase variation, not decrease like in a factory. And it is sterile, to the factory. It is repeatable stuff in a factory and a creative environment you may hinge on the edge of chaos. And what the right paradigm was. It is really incredible to see them. You manage on the edge of chaos, but complicated systems about culture and context that are very helpful. Think of it as a set of paradigms wellsuited to creative work. Our culture is not suitable for safety critical work or manufacturing work and it is the beginning of new paradigms for creative work. Writing a book is using a rather old medium to put your ideas down. We First Published these ideas on slide share and there have been 20 million views of that. We are into the new format. We wanted to do a book length treatment where we rarel
She has written and edited many books on the economy and sustainability including sustainable lifestyles and the quest for lassitude. Shes a former fellow and has won multipleawards for her work and research. She is joined today by dana depaul who is a professor of law at the university of californiahastings. Her work is subsidized by the California Supreme Court and her writing has been published in slate. Shes currently working on a book. Today they are discussing after the gig, this book discusses what the economy could havebeen and what it could still be. Ill leave you with this quote from Bill Mckibben who said juliet schor and her teamhave done something extraordinary. Their intensive research as let them understand what the sharing economy feels like and their storytelling ability lets the rest of us make complete sense of the data. In addition they provide a workable plan for how to fulfill the promise in gig work as part of a useful, fair economy. This book will redefine the f