This Week's Top 3 Must Reads on The Future of Work

These are my top three article picks for the week of March 14th on the future of work, digital transformation, artificial intelligence, and humanizing work. This week's selection includes the latest insights on leadership red flags that can derail attracting, engaging, and retaining top talent, the benefits of artificial intelligence in remote work, and shifting from the Great Resignation to the Great Transition. I hope the articles inspire and ignite your imagination about the future of work and provide insights and strategies that you can leverage to help your organization thrive and make work more human.

?3 Red Flags That Suggest Your Leadership Needs Major Improvement, Backed by Research

This article made the top of this week's list because it is critically important for leaders to connect with and inspire employees to move forward through uncertainty and disruption in today's environment. The article identifies three red flags that can impact attracting and retaining top talent. The first red flag is people feel disconnected at work. The need to feel connected ties directly into Maslow's hierarchy of needs related to love and belonging. Leaders often forget that the need to belong must be met in an employee's personal and work life. The second red flag is the voices of women are not heard. According to the article, "Women need more support, and specifically the right kind of support if leaders are hoping to attract and retain women. The third red flag is workers don't have a purpose in the work they do. Meaningful work is at the heart of humanizing worker experience. Therefore, leaders must be able to synchronize organizational purpose and vision with employees' purpose, vision, values, and intentions. I encourage leaders to use my book, Force Majeure: A Futurist's Guide to Boldly Thriving on Your Terms in the Future of Work, as a tool for starting conversations with workers about identifying their purpose and intentions and laying a foundation for alignment.

3 Benefits of Artificial Intelligence in Remote Work

This article made the list because it explains the value of integrating artificial intelligence into the remote work experiences of employees. The article uses simple language and explains the value of artificial intelligence and remote work through the lens of employee experience. These insights are helpful for leaders that are beginning to have conversations with employees about how artificial intelligence can support them in critical areas of remote work and their overall experience. According to the article, "artificial intelligence is generating data-driven insights, driving employees' productivity and performance, which are crucial elements for a remote workforce." The benefits of blending artificial intelligence systems and platforms with a remote work strategy include 1) increased productivity, creativity, flexibility, cybersecurity, and freedom, 2) higher job satisfaction and increased career development opportunities, and 3) less stress and better work-life balance. Artificial intelligence is driving digital transformation, workers expect flexibility that supports work-life harmony, and the future of work is remote. I'll just leave it right here.?

The employee-employer disconnect that’s fueling the Great Resignation

This sentence from the article says it all. "What employers perceive as the Great Resignation is viewed by workers as the Great Transition." I frequently review articles related to the Great Resignation because it is a phenomenon that will persist for the foreseeable future and is reshaping the relationship between employers and employees. According to the article, workers are willing to take more significant risks and now have a greater sense of agency. Therefore, "employers will have to engage in their own Great Transition to better respond to the priorities and values of workers." One of the most profound points from the article was that "this Great Transition is a key attribute of a new dynamic, an environment shaped by constant and rapid change where there will never be a new normal." The article referenced a recent McKinsey survey of managers and workers. The survey results revealed a "significant disconnect between how management and employees currently view this new dynamic." Clearly, the disconnect is problematic. Leaders that recognize, rationalize, and begin to solve for this problem will be on the right side of the future of work because as the article stated, “as newly empowered stakeholders, workers will have more to say about the future of their organizations."

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