Archives: January 2019

ExtremeHumanization
RadicalHumanization
HumanizationOffensive
ExtremeEmployeeEngagement
RadicalEmployeeEngagement

I continue my search for approaches fit for dealing with the “AI tsunami” (talk about an overused term). I have a visceral dislike for “defending against the encroachment ….”
I want offense, not defense.

And attached is my “offensive effort” (yikes, watch those words, Tom) to deal with this tech change—you might call it a short-form follow-up to The Excellence Dividend.

My approach (to going on offense), presented in summary form in the attached (some summary, 33 pages, 6,403 words), is built around the words in the title above:

ExtremeHumanization
RadicalHumanization
HumanizationOffensive
ExtremeEmployeeEngagement
RadicalEmployeeEngagement

There are 19 wee sections which attempt to get at the meaning of, in particular, ExtremeHumanization/ExtremeEmployeeEngagement.

All yours …*

(*The word “Extreme” is not used lightly.)

#1

First blogpost of the year. Better make it good. Well, uh, I mainly want to repeat the last post of 2018. I am hung up on the DEE issue. Deep Employee Engagement. I think it is the answer to a lot of issues, including uncertainty and tech change/AI. So I am attaching a slightly expanded version of my prior “DEE” paper somewhat amended/beefed up.

DEE. A cure all? I honestly think it more or less is.

I love playing with words, so there are actually two versions appended herein. The second is exactly the same as the first, save for the title. The alternate title: EEE (or E-cubed). EEE: Extreme Employee Engagement.

The new versions start with two epigraphs, two of my all-time favorite quotes. To wit:

Richard Branson: “Business has to give people enriching, rewarding lives … or it’s not worth doing.”

Oscar-winning director Robert Altman: “The role of the director is to create a space where the actors and actresses can be more than they have ever been before, more than they have ever dreamed of being.”

Read and re-read (a zillion times) these two quotes—and start living up to the challenge they represent.

Happy 2019.
Now git goin’!

Attachments:
Deep Employee Engagement/DEE
Extreme Employee Engagement/EEE