Transforming Risks into Opportunities: Enabling Employees to Drive Change
John Stepper John Stepper

Transforming Risks into Opportunities: Enabling Employees to Drive Change

Are external change drivers a threat or an opportunity for your company and its employees? Who is involved in making a positive difference?

This article describes how social learning programs can transform passive awareness into active contribution.

By enabling employees to discover their personal connection to the company’s goals, companies can foster higher engagement and a greater sense of belonging while cultivating additional sources of innovation and organizational resilience.

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Office-ism
John Stepper John Stepper

Office-ism

Employees are not thriving at work and they haven’t been for a very long time.

What if we knew the reasons why? How long would it take for conventional wisdom and workplace practices to change?

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What happened to “Working” in the past 50 years
John Stepper John Stepper

What happened to “Working” in the past 50 years

50 years after Working captured the experiences and yearnings of everyday workers, the themes remain the same. Our search for feeling effective and fulfilled—for meaning—isn’t new. Helping people with that search is as important as ever.

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Ms. Williams at Window #4
John Stepper John Stepper

Ms. Williams at Window #4

The US post office has almost 600,000 human beings working there. On average they may come into contact with dozens of customers or colleagues every day.

What if more of those 600,000 employees were like Ms. Williams? What kind of difference would that make?

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“What profound treasures are hidden”
John Stepper John Stepper

“What profound treasures are hidden”

Inspired by two companies where employees actively seek out, connect, and grow the positive potential of their work and each other. “Give employees space and time for development, and thus give them wings.”

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Everybody Matters
John Stepper John Stepper

Everybody Matters

When it comes to how their employees relate to each other and to the work they do, Everybody Matters serves as an inspiring example of the way things could be.

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The life and death of Quality Circles
John Stepper John Stepper

The life and death of Quality Circles

In the US, at least, “quality circles are almost universally consigned to the dustbin of management techniques.”

Why? What can we do to make a good idea even better?

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