Connectedness

Improve talent retention and employee productivity by encouraging connectedness in your firm In Connectedness, British business journalist and management theorist Des Dearlove delivers an insightful and practical discussion of how firms can build meaningful and authentic connections with their employees, encouraging productivity, improving talent retention, and creating an enduring competitive advantage. You’ll find out why the latest peer-reviewed research lends support to the notion that it is the nature of interpersonal environments – and not compensation – that many employees consider to be the most impactful when they’re deciding whether to exit a job. In the book, you’ll: Explore the most important factors that determine the connectedness of a healthy working environment Common mistakes and myths about employee wellbeing that sidetrack managerial efforts to improve working culture at a firm Examples and case studies that demonstrate the real-world impact of the ideas discussed in the book Perfect for managers, executives, directors, and other business leaders seeking to improve employee retention, productivity, engagement, and health, Connectedness is also a must-read resource for employees, human resources professionals, consultants, and everyone else with an interest in employee wellbeing and workplace productivity and safety.

Foreword by Rita McGrath ix Introduction by Des Dearlove & Lisa Humphries 1 I We, Human 9 1 Every Working Relationship Can Be Better: Here’s How 11 Michael Bungay Stanier 2 The Four- day Week: Here’s Why 17 Andrew Barnes 3 Why We Lost Touch with Each Other and How We Reconnect 25 Pia Lauritzen 4 One Simple Change to Improve Your Connections 33 Amanda Nimon-Peters 5 Connection Through Communication 45 Matt Abrahams Copyrighted Material 6 The Power of Pausing 53 Jeanette Bronée II Ai and US 63 7 AI and the Future of Human Connection 65 Kate O’Neill 8 Tech Is Cool, but People Are Warm 77 Giuseppe Stigliano 9 Ask Not What AI Can Do for You— Ask What You Can Do for AI, to Serve Humanity 85 Hamilton Mann 10 The Case for Humanity in the AI Era 101 Stephanie LeBlanc-Godfrey 11 Human Against the Machine in Forecasting 109 Ville Satopää III Inclusive Leadership 117 12 Four Simple Words to Help Connect with Others 119 Kirstin Ferguson 13 How to Build Your Human Touch 127 Susie Kennedy 14 Five Ways to Develop Your Meeting Intelligence 137 Soulaima Gourani & Thomas Roulet 15 The UNITE Framework to Build Social Connection at Work 147 Constance Noonan Hadley 16 Devotion and Detachment: The Yin- Yang Equilibrium for Transformative Growth 159 Faisal Hoque IV Connecting Culture 171 17 Win- Win-Win: When Human Purpose Meets Platform Thinking 173 Daniel Trabucci & Tommaso Buganza 18 Organizational Purpose and Action: Who Sets the Table? 187 Weslynne Ashton 19 The AI- powered Organization: Puzzles to Be Solved 195 Martin Gonzalez 20 Cultivating Active Allyship 209 Poornima Luthra 21 Remote— But Not Disconnected 217 Malissa Clark V Open Minds 229 22 Making Human Connection Neuroinclusive 231 Ludmila Praslova 23 Inclusion Is the Foundation for Human Connection 243 Mita Mallick 24 Beyond the Individual: The Power of Community 253 Neri Karra Sillaman 25 Empathy 263 Kai Anderson VI People Pleasers 271 26 How to Avoid Burnout Through the Power of Human Connection 273 Kandi Wiens 27 Leading Gen Z 285 Jenny Fernandez 28 How to Develop Strategic People 297 David Lancefield 29 Your Imagination Is Your Currency 307 Natalie Nixon  About the Editors 315 Acknowledgments 317 Index 319