Lab Rats

Dan Lyons is the New York Times bestselling author of Disrupted. He is also a novelist, journalist, screenwriter, and public speaker. He was a staff writer on the first two seasons of the Emmy-winning HBO series Silicon Valley. Previously, Lyons was technology editor at Newsweek and the creator of the groundbreaking viral blog "The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs" (AKA "Fake Steve Jobs"). Lyons has written for the New York Times Magazine, GQ, Vanity Fair, and Wired. He lives in Winchester, MA.

An Inc. Magazine BestBusiness Book of 2018
"I loved DanLyons's book Disrupted. With Lab Rats,he takes his critique of the modern workplace to the next level, to show howSilicon Valley's sometimes disturbing ideas about how to treat employees nowpervade many workplaces. This is a fascinating, thought-provoking, hilarious,and sometimes harrowing account of current work culture."—Gretchen Rubin, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Happiness Project and The Four Tendencies
"Dan Lyons's Lab Rats defieseasy description. It is hilarious, but not funny. I sputtered laughing andchoked crying (literally, not figuratively) as I read it. Yes, to an extreme,Lyons gives Silicon Valley the thrashing that it, alas, largely deserves. Butin the final third of the book, he offers us an effectively illustrated wayout--an approach to work and business that puts people first, profitably servescustomers, and makes the world a little bit better in the process."—Tom Peters, New York Times bestselling author of In Search of Excellence
"[Lyons] argues persuasively.... A passionate indictmentof brutal workplace culture."—Kirkus Reviews

"[A] darkly funny journalistic look at thecontemporary workplace.... By turns sardonic and impassioned, this is aninsightful and frequently entertaining guide to the increasingly bizarre worldof Silicon Valley and the trends it spawns."—Publishers Weekly (starred review)