Better Places

ROBERT RASMUSSEN is chairman and cofounder of Agile Six, a people-first digital services company serving federal agencies. A US Navy veteran, he began as a network and systems engineer before spending a decade in Norway, where he encountered a work culture that treated employee well-being as a structural requirement rather than a perk. Unable to find an American employer that worked that way, he helped build one. He is the author of Better Places: Building Stronger Communities with Authenticity and Compassion. He writes on human-centered leadership, workplace culture, time poverty, and the choices in front of us as artificial intelligence reshapes work. He lives in Lakeside, California, and remains closely tied to Norway through his wife and family.

Foreward
Preface
Introduction

Chapter One: Tangled Lines
Chapter Two: Attachment Issues
Chapter Three: Authenticity
Chapter Four: Willful Interdependence (Collective Attachment)
Chapter Five: The Scandinanvian Model
Chapter Six: Delivering Happiness
Chapter Seven: Trauma, Humiliation, and Neurodiversity
Chapter Eight: Answering the Call
Chapter Nine: Making Sausage
Chapter Ten: Be the Change
Chapter Eleven: Inclusion Is Our Product
Chapter Twelve: Holding the Space

Conclusion
About the Author
Endnotes