A Framework For How Any Company Can Design Amazing Employee Experiences

Over the past few months I’ve been working on a series of articles all around the employee experience which I define as being a combination of three distinct environments (physical, cultural, and technological). I shared several examples, explored how these three environments create experiences, and defined four types of organizations that emerged as a result of focusing on the employee experience. Today I wanted to share a framework for how the employee experience design process can actually work inside of an organization but first, here are the previous articles for you to check out.
The Physical Environment
The Cultural Environment
The Technological Environment
The Three Employee Experience Environments (Summary)
The Four Types of Organizations (Empowered, Enabled, Engaged, Experiential)

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Xbox Live Down: Microsoft’s Gaming Service Having Some Problems

Microsoft’s Xbox Live is having some issues today, reports on Twitter suggests and Microsoft concerns. The official status page lists “social and gaming” services as “limited.” Microsoft support has responded, saying they’re aware of the problem and are working on it, tweeting:

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