{"id":156,"date":"2017-01-26T17:55:56","date_gmt":"2017-01-26T16:55:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wortspiel.com\/en\/?page_id=156"},"modified":"2019-04-03T11:21:14","modified_gmt":"2019-04-03T09:21:14","slug":"values","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wortspiel.com\/en\/values","title":{"rendered":"Our Values: Friendliness, Freedom and Focus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-735\" src=\"https:\/\/wortspiel.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2018\/06\/wortspiel-values.jpg\" alt=\"Wortspiel Values\" width=\"800\" height=\"495\" \/><\/p>\n<style> :target { background-color: #ffa; } li {margin-bottom: 10px;} ol {margin-top: 25px; margin-bottom: 40px;} #main_block ul.wsfootnotes {font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px; list-style-type: none; padding-left: 0em; margin-top: 40px} #main_block .wsfootnotes li {margin-bottom:10px} <\/style>\n<p><strong>We don&#8217;t aim to become the largest agency, but rather the best. That&#8217;s why we rely on clear values:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li id=\"1\">We\u2018re\u00a0<strong>friendly<\/strong>: Cooperation can only work well if we\u2019re aligned on a personal level. We value honesty, humility and authenticity. \u00a0<sup><a href=\"#f1\">1<\/a><\/sup> <sup><a href=\"#f2\">2<\/a><\/sup> <sup><a href=\"#f3\">3<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li id=\"2\">We\u2018re\u00a0<strong>free<\/strong>: Trust is more important to us than contracts. As long as both parties are happy and continue to evolve together, we will keep working together. If this changes we will part ways. \u00a0<sup><a href=\"#f4\">4<\/a><\/sup> <sup><a href=\"#f5\">5<\/a><\/sup> <sup><a href=\"#f6\">6<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li id=\"3\">We\u2019re <strong>focussed<\/strong>: The marketing landscape is changing so fast that long-term top performance is only possible with a high degree of specialisation. We prefer to do less and do it right.\u00a0\u00a0<sup><a href=\"#f7\">7<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul class=\"wsfootnotes\">\n<li><a href=\"#1\">1<\/a> <span id=\"f1\">We are friendly and honest: We live by the principles of \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/How_to_Win_Friends_and_Influence_People\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How to Win Friends<\/a>\u201d and place \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/open.buffer.com\/culture-fit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Value Fit over Skill Fit<\/a>\u201d. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#1\">2<\/a> <span id=\"f2\">We are authentic: <a href=\"https:\/\/experiencelife.com\/article\/walking-your-talk-the-path-of-personal-integrity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">We walk our talk<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eating_your_own_dog_food\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">eat our own dog food<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 we ourselves do what we advise our clients to do.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#1\">3<\/a> <span id=\"f3\">We are humble:\u00a0\u201cWhen you look back at yourself six months from today and don\u2019t feel embarrassed by your naivet\u00e9, there\u2019s a problem. That means you\u2019re not learning, growing.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@rrhoover\/knowing-when-its-time-to-move-on-6c5b8f6e6908\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nathan Bashaw<\/a>.\u00a0\u201cPeople who are right a lot of the time, are people who often change their mind. Consistency of thought is not a particularly positive trait.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/signalvnoise.com\/posts\/3289-some-advice-from-jeff-bezos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jeff Bezos<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#2\">4<\/a> <span id=\"f4\">Every team member works at a time and place where he or she feels happiest and most productive: \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.techrepublic.com\/blog\/10-things\/10-good-reasons-why-working-remotely-makes-sense\/\">Remote working<\/a>\u201d is the norm, not the exception. &#8220;The greatest people are self-managing. [\u2026] What they need is a common vision \u2013 and that\u2019s what leadership is.&#8221;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=IdpfI5SgMi8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Steve Jobs<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#2\">5<\/a> <span id=\"f5\">\u201cDon&#8217;t ask for permission, ask for forgiveness.\u201d, via <a href=\"https:\/\/bothsidesofthetable.com\/it-s-better-to-beg-for-forgiveness-than-to-ask-for-permission-97f5ad901371\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mark Suster<\/a>. We think and act in an entrepreneurial way and work \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/arbeitgeber.monster.ch\/hr\/personal-tipps\/rekrutierung-verguetung\/rekrutierung\/generation-y-work-smart-not-hard-110453.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">smart, not hard<\/a>\u201d: \u00a0\u201cIf we have a company that is entrepreneurial in spirit, we will be able to take our next \u2018(wo)man on the moon\u201d leap\u2019.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@bchesky\/dont-fuck-up-the-culture-597cde9ee9d4#.yaltxqe2z\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brian Chesky, Airbnb. <\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#2\">6<\/a> <span id=\"f6\">We do not artificially bind neither our team members nor our clients to us through fixed terms and conditions: \u201cWe don&#8217;t aim to increase our staffing capacity, but rather to further our personal development. If we can&#8217;t develop further together, we would have to go our separate ways.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.service48.ch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Markus H. Walser<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#3\">7<\/a> <span id=\"f5\">\u201c<\/span><span id=\"f7\">Do One Thing and Do It Well\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Unix_philosophy#Do_One_Thing_and_Do_It_Well\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Doug McIlroy<\/a>. \u201cDo what you do so well that they will want to see it again and bring their friends.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/disney-customer-service.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Walt Disney<\/a>. \u201cI\u2019m as proud of what we don\u2019t do as I am of what we do.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/1835210\/how-set-wildly-important-goals-and-what-theyll-do-you\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Steve Jobs<\/a>.\u00a0<span id=\"f5\">\u201c<\/span>Set yourself qualitative goals, not quantitative ones. Growth is a consequence of quality, not the other way around.\u201d\u00a0<span id=\"f6\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.service48.ch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Markus H. Walser<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We don&#8217;t aim to become the largest agency, but rather the best. That&#8217;s why we rely on clear values: We\u2018re\u00a0friendly: Cooperation can only work well if we\u2019re aligned on a personal level. We value honesty, humility and authenticity. \u00a01 2 3 We\u2018re\u00a0free: Trust is more important to us than contracts. 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