055: Redefining Workplace Practices Post COVID-19

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Digital</span> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">Enterprise Society is the authority on the transformation to a digital enterprise, impacting all areas of an organization. Tune in for discussions among industry leaders about operations and action needed to drive digitization principles forward for the future of product development and life cycles.</span><strong> </strong></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In today’s episode, Thom Singer welcomes communication coach and TEDX speaker Joe Hirsch to discuss what the transition from remote management to in-person teamwork after over 3 months of quarantine. The COVID-19 pandemic has forced us to reconsider the conventional way that we source ideas, hold our meetings, and share feedback.  Today’s episode focuses on the tactics that leaders can employ to help their team’s productivity and creativity continue to rise when the reopening unfolds with more force.  He shares ideas for conducting meetings and group interactions in a way that will result in better teamwork and better results, minimizing chaos in the return, and rethinking the importance of employee flexibility work arrangements as we all return to the workplace.  </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">On today’s podcast, you will learn:</span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Sourcing ideas more effectively</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Traditional brainstorming practices do more to suppress ideas than activate them</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Brain</span><em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">writing</span></em> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">allows a team to develop ideas at the same time without employing group think or production blockages</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">A partnership approach provides a way to tap into the best ideas of the group </span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><strong>Holding more reflective meeti