How to Manage the Impact of the Pandemic on the Workforce (Interview with Thimon de Jong)

This week’s podcast guest is Thimon De Jong, a social psychologist specialising in the future of human behaviour and the Founder at Whetston. Throughout this episode Thimon and I talk a lot about the psychological impacts of the pandemic on the workforce and discuss the following topics:How organisations and employees confront change during a crisis and taking an experimental approach to hybrid workThimon’s interesting perspective on why asking employees what they want during the crisis itself, might not be the best approachThe reality of COVID being a digital decelerator despite the speed at which companies have gone virtualThe Gen Z workforce and how allowing younger workers to shape the workplace might be more effective than trying to mould the individuals themselves, to meet the expectations of the existing environmentSupport for this podcast comes from Medallia. You can learn more by visiting https://www.medallia.com/employee-experience/. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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In this series, David Green will be speaking to a range of senior HR leaders who are pushing a data-driven and digital HR agenda. There is an increasing need for HR professionals to become more digitally and numerically literate – to acquire the skills necessary to process, produce and leverage digital information to create business value. You'll hear from people leaders who are driving transformation in their organisations on how HR can prepare for the future and what HR leaders need to do to prepare for the Future of Work. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.