This design philosophy gets to the heart of the fundamental difference between employees who punch a clock, and impassioned workers who really show up to make a difference each day.

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Not just to punch a clock.

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Outside the exhibit stands the company's achievement wall -- showing off IBM's humble beginnings as a punch card clock company and ending with Watson.

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Best Buy, now in trouble, became the darling of social media watchers a few years ago for its open flexible work models, unprecedented in a punch-clock domain like retail.

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