In this first-person account of a recent project, some of our team members, Mikayla Branz and Dianne Dickerson, explore the interpersonal journey they took together and what they learned along the way about themselves and each other.
What if our world operated from a Human-First perspective with a focus on our home planet as a close second? What might be possible? What can we do differently?
As the industrial age gives way to a new digital world, leaders are having to confront change on a larger scale and at a faster pace than ever before. Workplaces, teams, and networks are becoming more and more distributed and require organizations to radically rethink the practices and policies that made them effective in the past.
Today’s problems can’t be solved in back rooms, behind closed doors, or by a lone genius. Only when we “zoom out” and take a broader view can we find truly innovative solutions that will yield lasting results to today’s most complex challenges.
With constant change and economic uncertainty, how can leaders prepare for the future? This short video by Futurist Speaker Gerd Leonhard suggests that it is our humanity that will allow us to drive change, rather than being driven by it.
Our first value at Integrated Work is to care for one another as humans first. High-quality relationships are the foundation of our success. We bring our full selves to what we do – that is how we unleash creativity, and commitment to progress. Establishing that as a baseline has been key to our long-term collaborations with staff clients, contractors and partners.
Reexamining ideals draws a line between who we were, who we are, and who we want to be. When organizations are intentional about how they want to be with one another as a team and in the world, possibilities open up.
