The guiding principle behind a Results Only Work Environment (ROWE) that makes it indeed UNIQUE has been mentioned below –
Giving PEOPLE CONTROL over WHAT they do and HOW they do increases HAPPINESS, ENGAGEMENT and sense of FULFILLMENT.
Adopted from Cal Newport’s book So Good They Can’t Ignore You
Human beings are driven by a sense of control to achieve fulfillment and a ROWE taps into this inner drive of humans.
ROWE stands for Results Only Work Environment a human resource management concept created by Jody Thompson and Cali Ressler wherein employees are paid for results(output) rather than number of hours worked.
This concept is becoming more and more popular in the modern day of the knowledge and finds a mention in Daniel Pink’s book Drive.
For more details on ROWE along with origin , pros and cons please refer to the following Wikipedia link:
Google , 3M have been very well known for providjng a lot of autonomy to employees to showcase their creativity.
In an effort to create a Result Oriented Work Environment(ROWE), it has historically provided employees a leeway of using 20% of their time to do something outside their realm of work.
This autonomy provided to employees have incidentally given birth to these iconic creations.