There’s a better metaphor for work than “family” or “team”

There’s a better metaphor for work than “family” or “team”

Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke wants employees to know that the company is definitely not a family. “The very idea is preposterous,” Lütke wrote in a memo last August that was recently obtained by Business Insider. Lütke is right to object to the family language—and not just for the reason he cites.