Insta-Workplace Transformation - Just Add These

Apologies for the radio silence but between having to run around to some keynotes in Europe and finishing the manuscript for “Tech-Led Culture: Unlock the Full Potential of Your Business and People” it has been crazier than usual. It is now sent and the hard work of editing to capture what is basically still history in the live making regarding the future of work begins and the big event for Tech and FinTech influencers is done so I can get my head back down.

First the good news: everyone talks about “culture”, "people”, “well-being at work”, and the “mental health crisis” even if the latter is in a smaller voice. Aside from interviews, panels, podcasts and the like many of these conversations happened live and they all seem to ask one thing really? “What now?”- What I think of the state of the workplace and what will come next. My answer, as always:

“You only need 4 things to be winning like the Valley and start sorting your HumanDebt:

• “You only need 4 things to be winning like the Valley and start sorting your HumanDebt:
• Human Work by the teams and the individual focused on continuous improvement, EQ and Psychological Safety that is supported by closed feedback loops, coaching and teamwork and a data-driven culture;
• To make the findings of Google’s Aristotle project your cultural North Star and obsess with enabling, encouraging and rewarding doing any work that leads to these desirable team behaviours;

Human Work by the teams and the individual focused on continuous improvement, EQ and Psychological Safety that is supported by closed feedback loops, coaching and teamwork and a data-driven culture;

To make the findings of Google’s Aristotle project your cultural North Star and obsess with enabling, encouraging and rewarding doing any work that leads to these desirable team behaviours;