?? A $1.9 Trillion Problem Turned Opportunity

?? Imagine getting back $6.8M in found productivity.

Let's be honest: the half-in, half-out, sometimes present, mostly not way people are showing up has only gotten more palpable since the rapid increase of virtual meetings.

It looks like this:

• Cricket responses to your emails
• Consistently rolling in late to meetings or not showing up at all
• Resistance to change
• Apprehension to celebrate when something good happens (like scoring new clients)
• Missed deadlines or excuses for missing deadlines
• Expanded timelines and slow turnaround times

Sound familiar? You're not alone.

In the past two weeks, I’ve delivered three keynotes, three training webinars, and three in-house workshops, working with CEOs and executive teams to fix the disengagement problem that’s costing $1.9 trillion dollars in lost productivity.

The $1.9 Trillion Problem We’ve normalized disengagement to the point of learned helplessness. This isn’t just an employee problem—it’s a leadership problem, too.

Learned helplessness, a concept from the 1960s by psychologists Martin Seligman and Steven F.Maier, describes how beings subjected to unavoidable stressors are so conditioned to give up, they do so even when solutions are available. Have you witnessed this in yourself or others?

When leaders feel they’ve tried everything and nothing works, they struggle to inspire and engage. Here’s how it shows up:

• The Disheartened Leader: Countless meetings and initiatives, yet no progress. Every new idea feels like just another checkbox.
• The Overwhelmed Executive: Strategic goals buried under daily fires. Engagement with the team falls by the wayside. Defeat and resignation set in.
• The Checked-Out CEO: Investments in surveys and programs yield no change. It feels like throwing money into a black hole. “Why bother?” becomes the mindset.
• The Echo Chamber: Same feedback from the same few people. Diverse, innovative ideas never reach your desk because your team has stopped believing their voices matter.
• The Perpetual Crisis Manager: Constantly in reactive mode, extinguishing fires. Strategic, proactive leadership feels like a luxury you can’t afford.

This isn’t just theory—it’s happening right now in your organization.

And it’s costing you millions.

A Massive Opportunity: $6.8MM in Productivity If you lead a team of 500 people, disengagement could be costing you $6.8 million in lost productivity annually.

Imagine the projects you could fund, the talent you could retain, and the market share you could capture with that kind of money. Better yet, imagine turning this problem into an opportunity.

The Trillion + Opportunity: AI While we wrestle with this $1.9 trillion problem, a trillion-dollar opportunity is unfolding before our eyes: AI. The same technology revolutionizing industries can be your secret weapon to flip the script on disengagement.

?? Passcode: LATCHON2!

Beyond sharing the best hacks to increasing personal productivity, we also help leaders identify AI opportunities organizationally. If you don’t have the time or energy for an assessment but still want direct conversations with your team without diluting your message and avoiding the cultural drift most leaders face - Latch can help.

?? From Passenger to Co-Pilot:

It’s possible to transform your team from passive passengers to active co-pilots. Shift the mindset from "having to" do tasks to "getting to" lead with purpose. When every team member feels empowered and responsible for success, magic happens.

?? Why Latch?

• Unprecedented Growth: Latch has seen 150% growth in the past 6 months. Our clients are not just surviving—they're thriving.
• Proven Impact: One major tech company, with more than 7,000 employees, turned to Latch because their traditional engagement surveys were failing. They’ve never seen the types of results Latch is fostering for them: 1:1 conversations between executives and employees.
• Immediate Results: In just 12 weeks (what normally takes 12 months), Latch can transform your organization’s engagement and productivity. Think 40% increase in engagement and 25% boost in productivity.

?? Client Raves:

• "Latch helps prevent my message from being diluted." – Shawn
• "I love being able to inspire the whole team to collective action." – Mark
• "Latch is helping us keep pace with the market." – Lisa

?The Magic:

Latch bridges the gap between executives and employees, unifying people into inspired and collective action.

? Schedule a Spin Through Latch. From half-out to all-in,

Joe

P.S. - I’m thrilled to announce that my third book, Who Says? Question Everything and Discover the Genius of Thinking Differently is officially ready for pre-order!