The pace of technology in our world today is faster than it has ever been. We go out and buy the newest phone out on the market with all of the bells and whistles and the newest innovations and then a few months later it is obsolete as there’s a newer, better phone available.
In my newest book, The Employee Experience Advantage, Airbnb was ranked one of the best organizations for employee experience and there is a rather odd practice they implement that may be helping them create such a successful corporate culture.
AI and Automation doesn’t have to create the job apocalypse that some people are worried about. We have a choice to make–will AI replace your workers or will it augment them?
Things are definitely changing as we move towards the future of work, especially when it comes to leadership and how organizations are run. We’ve already talked about the skills managers will need in the future, but this week’s discussion focused on a slightly different topic—collaborative-focused leadership. […]
There has been a major shift in the way we view work. In the past when a company had a position to fill they announced the opening and people jumped at the opportunity. There wasn’t any talk of employee perks, health and wellness programs, workplace flexibility or workplace design. Someone needed a job, they found out about the job and they applied. […]
I give around 50 keynotes a year around the world to various organizations and conferences in all sorts of industries. One of the things that people always tell me after my talks is that they want more. How can they go beyond a 45-60 minute keynote to really grasp the concepts of employee experience? […]
We see research and reports about what the future of life and work will be, but it can be hard to imagine how the research will actually play out and affect our everyday lives. If you’re struggling to imagine the future with autonomous vehicles, implanted phones, or machine learning, look no further than science fiction books and movies. […]
There is a story of a man who walks into a construction site and as he walks into the site he passes by a worker and asks, “What are you doing?” and the worker says, “I’m laying bricks”. The man continues on his way and runs into a second worker and again asks, “What are you doing?” and this time the worker says, “I’m building a wall”. […]
Imagine a world where humans only work a few hours a week, robots and AI do almost all of the work, and we all receive a Universal Basic Income. Although it sounds very different from our current situation, it’s actually not that far fetched and could happen within the next 20-25 years. This week our community discussed the likelihood of this actually happening and what it would take for this hypothetical to turn into reality. […]
Have you ever had anyone tell you “I’m so busy at work, I’ve just been heads down”? It is so common to hear that in conversations in the workplace. I’ve heard it many times. The problem with being heads down is that the world is changing so quickly these days, it’s just not good enough to work heads down if you want your organization to thrive. […]