Case study using Bonfyre at Express Scripts as part of culture shaping program launched in 2015. Presented at ALI Strategic Internal Branding Conference in Scottsdale, AZ April 2016
1. Community, camaraderie and culture
Presented by
Jennifer Pruett
Sr. Director HR Communications
Chris Dornfeld
President + Co-founder
ALI Strategic Internal Branding Conference, Scottsdale, AZ, April 2016
2. |
Despite enormous benefits most thinking
about employee engagement and culture is
frozen in time
70% of companies collect
engagement data but only
20% transform that data
into visible action
Employee engagement
remains unchanged over
last 15 years costing US
businesses over $450b
annually
82% of leaders say they
believe that culture is a
competitive advantage, yet
fewer than 1 in 3 say they
understand their
organization’s culture
Aon Hewitt Gallop, Harvard Business Review - Deloitte
3. |
If people are the advantage in the knowledge
economy, HR is the most important department
in a company…right?
4. |
We need to build flexible, inclusive
systems and business models to
accommodate diversity and change
Average US adult checks
phone 110 times a day,
carries 2.9 devices and
spends 23 hours a week
texting
60% of Millenials say they
would quit their job if their
boss banned them from
doing personal tasks on
their phone at work
43% of the US workforce
(63,000,000) is expected to
work from home by 2016
Gallup, USA Today Mobile Iron - Forrester Research
5. |
If you don’t like change, you're
going to like irrelevance even less
The average life expectancy of a
company is 12.5 years
(a Fortune 500 is less than 40)
- General Eric Shinseki, Army Chief of Staff, Stratix Group, The Living Company
6. |
There are 3 communication channels
in the workplace
Company to People Systems to People People to People
8. |
We started with our annual HR Summit after a
merger with our largest competitor
Bringing together two groups of
people with very different cultures
• 85% of attendees joined
• 76% shared content
• Over 1,800 photos, chats and likes
9. |
We started with our annual HR Summit after a
merger with our largest competitor
10. |
Expanded to build a culture of inclusion with our
Employee Resource Groups
• Platform for employees to have a
voice and create a sense of
community
• Bonfyre as a catalyst in ERG
development
• 811 people joined six ERG communities
• 4,606 pieces of content shared
• 57.2% of participants uploaded content
• 51,500 opens
11. |
Our communication ecosystem is growing
organically
89
Bonfyre communities
1,900+
employees
29,500+
pieces of content
How many of the companies represented today have published on their website “employee are our greatest asset?”
How many companies conduct an annual employee engagement survey?
Employee engagement is flat – despite all of this technology
Productivity is flat – or maybe even declining – despite all of this technology
Companies are going through change – and who will lead it?
Does anyone disagree with this statement?
HR is going through a great deal of change – from an administrative function to the MOST IMPORTANT DEPARTMENT
Guess what department will have the greatest impact on the growth and profitability of a company in the knowledge economy?
Would most sr. staff agree with this? Are we talking about what a company looks like in the knowledge economy or are we assuming the models we created 100 years ago with the industrial revolution will not change?
We are a hyper connected culture.
We are bionic Who here watched the bionic man or the bionic woman growing up?
How many companies use mobile technology as their primary source of communication with employees?
How many ban the use of personal devices at work?
60% of millenials…
CHANGE READY ORGANIZATIONS
Company to People: Company news and general updates – primary use of the Intranet
System to People: Communication and tools about process and work
People to People: Personal stories, team building and camaraderie, humanizing leadership and giving people a voice, - in other words, engagement, culture.
Which of these channels will have the greatest impact on culture? Team building? Retention? Collaboration? Engagement? Productivity?
Imagine a company that understood how to leverage each one of these channels… A company that instead of an annual engagement survey used real time intelligence on engagement and sentiment… a company that gave everyone a voice, regardless of location or job function. How would a company like that perform?
Data suggests 200% - 400% better, 7 times better retention and 500% more productive.
Don’t think HR is the most important department?
Its my pleasure to introduce Jennifer Pruett, Sr. Director of HR communication for Express Scripts.