Copenhagen techfestival 7, September, 2018

1. More Human Work and Workplaces
By Deepa Daniels

2. Deepa Daniels
Director of Product
@ Peakon
About me
My job is to build software that helps organizations
understand how their people are feeling in real time
and subsequently improve employee engagement.

3. What will I cover?
1. What is changing with work &
workplaces?
1. Why it matters, and what it means
for workplaces, work and you?
13 minutes

4. What is changing?
1.

5. What is changing?
Employee
demographics &
expectations are
changing
Work is changing The world is
changing

6. Millennials will be roughly 50% of the North
American workforce in 2020 and 75% of the
global workforce by 2030.

7. Employee expectations
are changing
1. Personal development
2. The organisation’s reputationWhat are millennials are looking
for in an employer?

8. Who is 20 - 38?

9. What do you think?

10. Work is changing - Modern organisations are centered
around the managers and teams
Operational Efficiency
Industrial Age; people
as workers
Andrew Carnegie
Henry Ford
The Corporation is King
Profit, Growth, Financial
Engineering
Management by
Objective
Jack Welch
Peter Drucker
The Executives as King
Customer Service
Servant Leadership
Work Together
Howard Schultz
Steve Jobs
The People are King(s)
Mission, Purpose,
Sustainability
Empower the Team
Netflix, Google,
Facebook, Amazon
The Teams & Team
Leaders are King
< 1950s 1960s to 80s Today1990s
Industrial
Corporations
Hierarchical
Leadership
Collaborative
Management
Networks
of Teams

11. The World is changing
· Automation
· Technology
· Demographics and Diversity
· Globalization

12. What does change mean for
workplaces, work, and you?
2.

13. “People decisions are the
most important decisions
a business can make”
People are 50 to 75%+ of corporate cost, and this is
rapidly increasing as work shifts more towards the
knowledge, technology, and creativity sectors.
Laszlo Bock, SVP of People
Operations, Google

14. Change is moving us towards jobs where you
need to bring your instinct, logic, intuition,
passion and creativity to work.

15. Your Voice
Counts
Past Present Future
Employee
Engagement
tracking
1 measurement
per year
Frequent
measurements
Continuous
listening
Insight
Leadership C-Level Manager Team/Individual
Combining technology
and a new listening &
leadership mindset.

16. In conclusion...
· Moderns organizations are adapting to change
· Work places and jobs are becoming more
human
· When I look at the
· Environment
· Technology
· The workforce
· Trends
· They are all shouting for people to
take ownership.

17. “A leadership culture is
one where everyone
thinks like an owner, a
CEO or managing
director.
It’s one where everyone is
entrepreneurial and
proactive.”
In the future is everyone a CEO?
- Robin Sharma
Author, Leadership Expert

18. Deepa Daniels
Director of Product
@DeepaDaniels
deepa@peakon.com
Thank You