One thing though, is there evidence that it leads to a better working culture and perhaps stronger business? Or is the proof still to come out? I love the idea

One thing though, is there evidence that it leads to a better working culture and perhaps stronger business? Or is the proof still to come out? I love the idea of open-allocation but I worry that at companies in which people drag their heels, avoid learning and other bad things that it could be harmful. I also wonder whether there are people will not be business minded or innovative enough to do worthwhile work. Obviously scratching personal-itches sometimes leads to great products but we might all just play out our neurosis and then through commitment and cognitive dissonance chase ourselves down rabbit holes. Maybe my fear is completely unjustified... Anyway, my idea for an action is the creation of some kind of check-list for a humanity-ready™ company sort of like the Joel Test. Perhaps I or another could create a GitHub repository and a website to get this rolling. What is important, I think, is to get people to talk about what they consider the qualities of a great company to be and what principles and practices would this company hold. Buy-in and conversation would help the memetic process. The next-step after that, once people were on-board would be to create some kind of rating system and then perhaps to reach out to recruitment companies and see if they would add a feature for companies to mark themselves on their adherence to some of the best practices. Sort of like how the Joel Test is used on some recruitment sites... Actually I'm still not really sure whether this would work because life is never that simple and I am sure things will more or less play out in this direction anyway. Certainly conversation on the ideas is worthwhile, however.