Post Status Excerpt (No. 20) — Yoast Acquired, Businesses Need To Allow More Play

Allowing time to goof off or pursuing a passion improves team connections.

Professor Jane Dutton from the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business suggests "four ways to build high-quality workplace connections" — respectful engagement, support, trust — and play. Play is what Cory and David focus on in this episode — why should companies set aside time to explore, goof off, or entertain each other with no particular outcome in mind?

Also covered in this episode: Only an hour before recording this, Yoast announced it is being acquired by Newfold Digital — formerly known at least in part as Endurance International Group (EIG). David and Cory share their initial thoughts with more analysis still to come.

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🔗 Mentioned in the show:

• David Bisset (Twitter)
• Cory Miller (Twitter)
• Post Status (Twitter)
• Joost's Announcement In Post Status Slack
• Exciting news: Yoast joins Newfold Digital
• Joost's Personal Blog Post On Acquistion
• Clearlake and Siris-Backed Newfold Digital Acquires Yoast to Help Customers Get Found Online
• WordPress Acquisitions and Investments
• 4 Ways to Build High-Quality Workplace Connections

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