redesigning the ux of employment
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Redesigning the UX of Employment
I believe that existing company practices for hiring and “managing” knowledge workers do not support the development of happy, fulfilled and valuable staff. This results in unsustainable businesses with people constantly looking to move on to pastures new. Tonight I speak to this community as Users of Employment and Co-designers for direction in ways to improve the User Experience of Employment.
I grew up in Unboxed Consulting’s garden. In the old days I worked in the PMO. Then I served teams as a Scrum Master and Tester. !I pivoted again, changing focus from the end user of digital products to concentrate on the people who are involved in delighting end users.
I am now the “Gardener” at Unboxed - my analogy for cultivating an environment in which talent can thrive and great ideas grow into products that add more colour to life.
I would like to practice what we preach and apply lean startup and design thinking techniques to salvage and upscale the seeds of my learnings as our Gardener.
This lightning talk is user research on an idea that I have about the talent that I have been fortunate enough to work with. Tonight I talk about what we are doing at Ubxd. We are constantly trying to make the UX better so coming to LTUX for help from the community seems like the best way to test my hypothesis.
How will I know that my assumptions are
true?
I will know this to be true when 10 out of 50 attendees at the Ladies that UX meetup have told me a story of how organisational structures have left them feeling demotivated and under-valued.
So, based on the assumption that people are our most important asset, I am testing the hypothesis that change in organisational environment is needed for building sustainable organisations.
Organisations should create highly collaborative environments where new ideas are allowed to take shape
To enhance their ability to attract and retain the best talent, organisations need to align job roles with their A-players’ growth plans
In the emergence of a remarkable generation that is beginning to reshape the world of work, companies should recognise critical thinking and high EQ
I am seeking feedback from you. I have been lucky enough to work in an organisation that has always adjusted the climate to allow me to grow as an individual. Our organisation is a big player in the techie community and I believe that these practices should be rolled out to all the places where we work. What I ask of you is to give me 20 mins tonight or in the next couple of weeks for a coffee and a chat to engage in an experiment of implementing these principles in the wider community so that everybody is working in a space that brings out the best in them. !Your response in the next couple of weeks will determine whether
This experiment has passed and should be nurtured further, developed into a “Bridge to Employee Utopia”?
If you are interested in participating in this experiment, please find me after this, or send me an email to this address.