Mar 29, 2021
In this inaugural episode of the Building Better Cultures podcast, Scott invites listeners to consider the brave new world that has suddenly arrived, thanks to Covid19. While pandemic upended lives around the globe, it also has presented myriad opportunities on every level of society – and perhaps most especially among information and other workers whose “new normal” offers all kinds of positive change.
Featuring Kevin Empey, the visionary behind the leadership and organisational consulting firm WorkMatters, this episode deconstructs the good, the not-so-good and the abundantly possible that await us in a post-pandemic world. Flexible hybrid workplaces, increased empathy and internal communication across silos; creative approaches to differing styles of work and a new openness to hiring across geographic barriers – these are just a few of the topics discussed. Kevin and Scott devote considerable time to challenges at the fore for HR Directors and Chief People Officers, who are right now working out how to manage expectations, optimize employee engagement and promote the candid conversations that will need to happen as managers and employees transition into work cultures whose stories have not yet been written. Awareness, agility and even vulnerability are critical to making the most of this burgeoning world -- and dependent in large part on leaders who are open to new modes of thinking, working and reckoning with the fact that the old models and modes may not serve going forward.
Key Takeaways:
There’s a lot more to flexing work than “where.” There will have to be a reexamination of “when” and “how” work gets done.