The Downsides of Bossware
foHRsight
03/30/23
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Welcome to foHRsight – a podcast about making work better brought to you by future foHRward.
Bossware, workplace spyware or tattleware is another one of those trends we’ve seen emerge in recent years.
We share background to a Canadian case in January where an employee was ordered to pay a fine for time theft that was picked up through monitoring software.
https://decisions.civilresolutionbc.ca/crt/crtd/en/item/523029/index.do
While there are elements of monitoring that can be helpful when it comes to individual productivity, we express our concern about the evasiveness of this sort of technology and how it can be abused by companies.
Our view is that the bigger challenge is around measuring productivity and we point to the research from Microsoft report and their term productivity paranoia (see below), but we do challenge ourselves to explore any benefits it can provide. Spoiler alert ... there aren’t many and we’re fans of macromanagement!
Here is a link to the Microsoft report on Productivity Paranoia
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/worklab/work-trend-index/hybrid-work-is-just-work
And to the idea of micromanagement
https://www.fastcompany.com/90832818/how-to-be-a-macromanager-and-why-you-need-to
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How To Communicate, Connect and Contribute with Guest Liane Davey
March 23, 2023
•50m
Welcome to foHRsight – a podcast about making work better brought to you by future foHRward.
Today’s episode we get to chat with Liane Davey who is bold mission to radically change how people communicate, connect and contribute so they can achieve amazing things together!
They have an energizing conversation (filled with some fantastic metaphors) about hybrid work, the return to office and what has changed for leaders and organizations. She introduces us to a new term for leaders - performance permanence where they don’t believe their people are being productive – and encourages all leaders to think about defining performance outcomes more broadly.
They dig deep into productive tension, healthy conflict based on insights from Liane’s 2019 book The Good Fight. They also talk about the importance of building trust through community when it comes to team effectiveness and the role HR can play in building productive conflict.
They also explore burnout inspired by Liane’s campaign NO-vember and she offers some of her favourite productivity hacks.
You can access the video about Liane’s bullet journal here - https://www.lianedavey.com/bullet-journaling-for-busy-professionals-2/ .
And you can get access to all of Liane’s other work here - https://www.lianedavey.com/.
Quick reminder
Don’t forget to sign up for our weekly newsletter foHRsight at www.futurefoHRward.com/foHRsight.
Follow us on LinkedIn:
- Mark - www.linkedin.com/in/markedgarhr/
- Naomi - www.linkedin.com/in/naomititlemancolla/
- future foHRward - www.linkedin.com/company/future-fohrward/
And on Instagram - www.instagram.com/futurefohrward/
And finally big shout out to our Producer Emily Milling at The Ultimate Creative for making us sound great! Learn more here - https://emilymilling.com/
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Irresistible Organizations with Josh Bersin (Part 1)
April 6, 2023
•28m
Welcome to foHRsight – a podcast about making work better brought to you by future foHRward.
This is the first of a two parter where Naomi had the opportunity to connect with Josh Bersin.
Recent grandfather (title to be confirmed!) Josh shared insights from his recent book Irresistible – The Seven Secrets of the World’s Most Enduring Employee-Focused Organizations.
This included talking about culture, the importance of communities at work, the importance of the employee experience and his top three HR technology trends.
He also talked about the need for organizations to reinvent their leadership frameworks to better reflect the world of work.
You can learn more about Josh’s work HERE!
And don’t forget to come back next week for more insights from Josh and Naomi.
Quick reminder
Don’t forget to sign up for our weekly newsletter foHRsight at www.futurefoHRward.com/foHRsight.
Follow us on LinkedIn:
- Mark - www.linkedin.com/in/markedgarhr/
- Naomi - www.linkedin.com/in/naomititlemancolla/
- future foHRward - www.linkedin.com/company/future-fohrward/
And finally big shout out to our Producer Emily Milling at the Ultimate Creative for making us sounds great! Learn more here - https://emilymilling.com/
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