Decades ago nobody cared about the employee experience because all of the power was in the hands of employers. However, over the past few years we have started to see the emergence of the employee experience, which is now something that many HR leaders and executives around the world are focusing on. Why? Because the power has now shifted into the hands of employees. […]
The FOW Community (future of work community) has grown quite a bit over the past few months and we now have around 40 companies from around the world. These companies come together to explore various topics such as millennials, collaboration, freelancers, workplace flexibility, mobility, and much more. We have had some amazing discussions in our community (and at our events), but we want to open up some of these discussions. So, we decided to have open “tweet chats” every Thursday at 4pm PST where we will engage members of our community and anyone who wants to join!
In this episode of the Future in Five I wanted to talk about the two sexiest roles or departments within organizations today. Some of you might disagree with me, and I fully expect that. But, I think that HR and IT are the sexiest departments, and I tell you why in this episode. Tell me, what do you think the sexiest role or department is within an organization? Tune in for the full discussion and let me know!
Can you remember your first “real” job? I don’t mean the one where you worked at a grocery, a movie theater, or a telemarketing agency (I worked at all three). I mean your first job out of college where you had to write cover letters, interview, and negotiate a salary. I remember mine vividlu. After graduating college with honors and a dual B.A. in business management and economics from UC Santa Cruz, I ended up working at a technology company in downtown L.A. I was still living at home with my parents but was very excited to land my first job.
Last week, the FOWCommunity (that I helped created) held our first future of work forum in San Francisco. We had around 40 attendees that were hosted at the corporate offices of Udemy. The goal of the community and the forum is to bring together the world’s most forward thinking organizations to explore what the future of work is going to look like and what companies are doing to adapt. Members include companies such as: Wells Fargo, Whirlpool, MasterCard, Polycom, Kohl’s, AON, PwC, Accenture, Cisco, Sanofi, Agios, and around 30 other companies. Here are the main takeaways.
The debates around open vs closed office spaces are continuing to heat up and I still think these debates are absolutely pointless. As I’ve said many times the debate shouldn’t be around cubicle or open space it should instead be all about workplace flexibility. That is giving the employees the option to work how they want to work and not how your organization tells them they should work. A part of this workplace flexibility includes telework, that is working from places other than the office. Dell, Aetna, and Xerox are among some of the most forwarding thinking and progressive companies when it comes to offering telecommuting options. I spoke with all three companies and this is what I learned.
Companies as we know them today were largely started from and based on two entities. The Hudson’s Bay Company was into the business of fur trading and was founded in 1602. It grew to around 1,500 employees. The Dutch East India Company was into trade and
This is part 2 of a post I wrote last week called “Why Smaller Teams Are Better Than Larges Ones.” In the first post I explored several concepts and research studies which all point to why smaller teams are more effective than larger ones. I
This is going to be a two-part post. In this first part, I want to share research that I have come across around why smaller teams are better than larger ones. In part two of this post, I will explore some strategies for how organizations
Recently PwC released a 30 page report called “The Future of Work – A Journey to 2022,” which is actually quite fascinating. In fact, I did a podcast with Toni Cusumano who helped create the report. While the whole thing is worth a read, I think the
