creating an employee involvement culture for a digital world
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A talk for the CIPD at the London School of Economics for their conference, Voice and Value: Power, Influence and InstitutionsTRANSCRIPT
CIPD: voice and valueCreating an employee involvement culture for a digital world@maxwellstjohn
What is a digital world? What is a digital world?
“We believe the internet is creating a world of
transparency and personal empowerment where
authentic organisations who create meaningful
value thrive.”
It’s also a VUCA world It’s also a VUCA world
Volatile Volatile
Uncertain Uncertain
Complex Complex
Ambiguous Ambiguous
Employee involvement = survival Employee involvement = survival
What do I mean by culture? What do I mean by culture?
“Culture is defined as our practices, our true values and our unchallenged assumptions – how things work around here”- Peter Senge
A ‘digital’ culture is… A ‘digital’ culture is…
Open Open
Connected Connected
Freedom-centred Freedom-centred
Meaningful Meaningful
How do we do it? How do we do it?
Open salaries and accounting Open salaries and accounting
Church of Fail Church of Fail
Measuring happiness Measuring happiness
Decision-making by consent Decision-making by consent
Yeah, but… is it worth it? Yeah, but… is it worth it?
Longer decisions vs immediate buy-in Longer decisions vs immediate buy-in
Low turnover vs low turnover Low turnover vs low turnover
Freedom and autonomy vs little control Freedom and autonomy vs little control
Passion and inspiration vs over-working Passion and inspiration vs over-working
It’s not just us… It’s not just us…
