Bold New Breed Jane McConnell

Direct link to Episode 13. Guillaume Alvarez, Senior V.P Europe, Middle-East & Africa of Steelcase has a deep understanding of what is changing in organizations today thanks to extensive global research on a global scale Steelcase has conducted. He explains how space can be orchestrated to increase people's well-being, strengthen their sense of purpose, and help make organizations more competitive.Topics include:The serendipity of encounters that generate ideas and build trustDiffer...

More info on the podcast website: Why is the bold new breed important?"Thank you for giving me an identity."The Bold New Breed of employee is driven by the gig mindset. The gig mindset is a way of thinking and behaving like freelancers and independent gig workers. Except, the gig mindsetters are employees inside organizations.They are a NEW Breed because they work differently from traditional workers.They are a BOLD new breed, because they come up against management resistance.When I talked a...

More information on the podcast website: The gig mindset and internal civil disobediencePeaceful protest in a large organizationThis episode is about peaceful protests in a context where people want to change the way they work inside a very large organization.I talked with an engineer who works in a global industrial enterprise headquartered in Europe. He and his colleagues wanted to find a way to bring visibility to new ways of working and emphasize the importance of flexibility and not gett...

For more information on the podcast website: Willful blindness: what and why?Ignore, resist or embrace?When people come across something new, they ignore it, resist it, or embrace it. How do we get to the 3rd stage?The gig mindset is often resisted by management, but not only. In order to combat it, we need to start with first understanding what's going on.Living in the past and living in fear are two underlying reasons.People are blinded by:Pride in past success.Faith in best practices and b...

See more information on the podcast website: Velcro Management and readinessThis episode is about how to put on and take off your tennis shoes easily. And a new way of working with people. Seriously!It's about Velcro management, a new idea for most of us including myself until I met Marni Johnson from BlueShore Financial. She talks about what it is, what it brought to their organization, and how to make it work for you – if you like the idea.Chris Catliff, president and CEO of BlueShor...

For more information on the podcast website: Proactive resilience: A race with no finish lineHorizon scanning and a focus on skillsA resilient person or organization can get through a crisis, but making it through once is not enough. being resilient is a state of readiness. A way of acting a way of thinking. It’s proactive, not reactive.Individuals need to focus on developing skills more than being satisfied with job titles: skills versus labels, as one person told me. Another talked to...