The last month has brought more change than I expected the next five years to. With change comes uncertainty and with uncertainty comes an opportunity to fail, pivot, experiment, and grow. The 50 lessons below aren’t specific as my hopes are that you’ll be able… Read More »50 Things I’ve Learned In The Past Month
How the Early Arrival of the Future of Work is Foreshadowing for the Workplace of Tomorrow The future of work was supposed to be something that was always coming but never arrived. Thought leaders and experts would talk about the ‘future of work’ as a… Read More »Welcome to the Future of Work
In studying workplace culture and analyzing trends for the future, I’ve learned that there are two things that people hate: change,and the way things are. That puts us in a tough spot, doesn’t it? Similar to rush-hour gridlock, many people would agree that standing still… Read More »How Do I Make Remote Work More Enjoyable? Consider One-Degree Shifts
Engagement has traditionally be seen as a binary issue; like it can be addressed as a simple, stand-alone topic. But engagement is more than a single focus; it is a buy-in to an organizational culture, investment in the success of the organization, and the feeling… Read More »Engaging the Next Generation of Work: 5 Points to Consider
It isn’t possible to generalize a generation, and we need to stop trying to do so. The Berlin Wall, constructed in 1961, separated East Berlin from West. On the East side of the wall was, of course, the Soviet sector of Berlin, established in 1945.… Read More »Breaking Down Generational Barriers
Originally posted from SME Strategy The British Columbia Construction Association states that ‘Even though the youth unemployment rate in BC is 14.5%, only 1 in 85 graduates enter the trades directly out of high school. We need that statistic to be 1 in 5 to fill… Read More »Find the Right Employees Through Storytelling
Co-written with Daniel Dubois In recent years we’ve seen a reinvention of corporate work-life. For employers, cultural fit is now valued higher than skill. For employees, the cultural experience at work is more valuable than pay and traditional incentive plans. If a company wants any… Read More »The Increasing Importance of Culture
With help from Kraig Docherty With that said then, the idea of hiring Millennials must be a focus of the past. Now, we have to hire someone based on fit, as opposed to strictly skill set or age. The most cringe-worthy statements I hear on… Read More »5 Things to Consider When Recruiting in 2016
It is a dream of mine that when we talk about people, we view them as human beings, not human doings In my new TEDx talk, ‘Bigger than Work‘, I’m raising awareness about the integration and dependency of technology and how it is dehumanizing and fragmenting… Read More »Bigger than Work
In this series, professionals at the Milken Institute Global Conference debate the most pressing issues facing their industries today. Write your own #MIGlobal post here. In April 2016, the cover of the Harvard Business Review read: “You Can’t Fix Culture”, which made me wonder what was wrong with culture in the… Read More »We can’t fix culture, but we can rethink our assumptions
