# Why work doesn't happen at work

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDxMidwest
- Speaker: Jason Fried
- Year: 2010
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Business and management, Art, architecture and design
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/jason_fried_why_work_doesn_t_happen_at_work)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Jason Fried has a radical theory of working: that the office isn't a good place to do it. He calls out the two main offenders (call them the M&Ms) and offers three suggestions to make the workplace actually work.

## Lectures

1. [Why work doesn't happen at work](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/jason_fried_why_work_doesn_t_happen_at_work/023595414212), 15 min (TED's player)