Bring Your Human to Work

Buchzusammenfassung

Erica Keswin is an American author, speaker, and workplace strategist known for her expertise in the areas of workplace culture, employee experience, and the impact of technology on human connections in professional settings. She is the author of "Bring Your Human to Work: 10 Surefire Ways to Design a Workplace That is Good for People, Great for Business, and Just Might Change the World."

Work doesn't mean you have to shut down your humanity. On the contrary, you will experience higher productivity levels if you have meaningful relationships with your colleagues and clients. Let today's technology work for you, and don't let wifi rule your life. Try to spend more time connecting with other people. Make sure you sit with the people you hope to work with. What if you switched up your office seating arrangements to encourage deeper interactions between your employees? People often sit next to the people they report to, but it doesn't always have to be that way. It may be a better idea to place your team next to one of the other teams. We have more and better interactions when we're sitting close to others. So in the future, consider trying to physically bring two people you want to work with each other.

“The way I see it is it doesn’t matter how strong somebody’s technical skills are if they can’t manage relationships. If they can’t manage stress, if they’re operating from a place of fear... it doesn’t matter what their technical skills are because they won’t be able to access them.”

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