CEO Secrets: 'Company culture shouldn't be too nice'

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       When Tamara Littleton started her marketing agency the Social Element, she was determined to make it a friendly place to work. However, that meant her employees were being so agreeable that they never told her that she was making a mistake.

       After a failed attempt to start up a branch of her business in Sydney to reach East Asia, she introduced a new company culture that she calls "healthy conflict".

       Words and video: Jeremy Howell

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       Published 2 November

       Section BBC News

       Subsection Business

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