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Tickled Media is Singapore’s first WorldBlu certified company for democratic practices

Tickled Media, which was recently announced as one of the top startups to watch this year, was recently just named among the World’s most democratic companies to work in by WorldBlu. Tickled Media, a Singapore-based digital publishing house that operates LiveJournal, theAsianparent.com and Kidlander.com in several Asian markets, was recently selected as the first Singaporean operated company to be certified by WorldBlu, a company specialising in organisational democracy, as a globally recognized democratic workplace. The company, which is supported by Tigris Capital Pte Ltd, a Singapore-based media investment fund, also handles innovative online campaigns for both local and multi-national companies in the region What are the selection process? Companies become eligible for a spot on the WorldBlu List of Most Democratic Workplaces™ only after its employees complete an assessment evaluating their organisations practice of the WorldBlu 10 Principles of Organisational Democracy™, with an overall combined score of 3.5/5 or higher. The assessment was developed based on a decade of research into what makes a world-class democratic company. Only organisations from the for-profit and non-profit sectors that have been in operation for at least one full year and have five or more employees can apply for WorldBlu certification. Since they helped transition their company into being a democratic workplace a year ago, Tickled Media has seen an impressive revenue spike of 800 percent. CEO, Roshni Mahtani, explains, “Tickled Media’s democratic practices have made its employees happier. They want to come to work and they take ownership for what they do.” So what makes Tickled Media stands out from other companies who are shortlisted? Well in Tickled Media, a team “lunch and share” session is held every Friday where one employee gets a chance to share their thoughts on their choice topic and the rest listen, relax, and enjoy good food. The company also goes on yearly holiday destination retreats to enhance the company’s sense of unity and provide an opportunity for anyone to voice their opinions or suggest improvements. Definitely sounds like a fun place to work in! Other than Tickled media, 47 other for-profit and non-profit organizations from across the US, Canada, Mexico, the UK, the Netherlands, Denmark, Malaysia, Haiti, India, New Zealand, and South Africa also made it to the 2012 WorldBlu List of Most Democratic Workplaces™ . These companies comes from a diverse range of industries including, technology, manufacturing, healthcare, retail, services and energy, and ranged in size from five to 90,000 employees, representing over $17 billion in combined annual revenue. Some of the companies that have made it to the WorldBlu list of Most Democratic Workplaces 2012 include
1. AIESEC International – Rotterdam, Netherlands
2. Beyond Borders – Washington DC
3. DaVita – Denver, CO
4. Glassdoor – Sausalito, CA
5. Great Harvest Bread Company – Dillon, MT
6. HCL Technologies – Noida, India
7. MindValley – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
8. New Belgium Brewing Company – Fort Collins, CO
9. STATSIT – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
10. Tickled Media – Singapore, Singapore
11. WD-40 Company – San Diego, CA
12. Zappos.com – Las Vegas, NV If you want to wiew the full WorldBlu List of Most Democratic Workplaces™ 2012 and read more unique best practices from this year’s list, you can do so at http://worldblu.com/awardee-profiles/2012.php.

Roshni also spoke at our recent Phillipines Satellite for Echelon 2012.