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Building Bridges - Dismantling Siloes As somebody who represented a minority demographic at this event, being both a millennial and a woman, I quickly realised that what I was observing needed to be voiced. So here we go:
As the millennial generation we choose jobs on the following criteria, and if we can’t find a job that checks all these boxes, then it’s simple – we create one.
I found it profoundly unsettling that discussions were taking place only around the context of metrics, technicalities, and quantifiable data – especially when discussing ‘future talent.’ These nineteenth century expectations and parameters rooted in an industrial revolution based corporate culture has set the future of the workplace up for failure. No longer should society allow a ‘mass-production’ way of doing things through institutionalization. We are living in the twenty-first century and less than 100 years away from the twenty-second century. It’s time to get a move on and realize that the ‘normal’ way of doing things no longer exists.
• Remote desktop working or ‘hot desking’ • Flexible hours • Freedom to work wherever/whenever we like • Collaboration and creativity; we need constant stimulation (we are products of the technological age; being distracted or bored in under 30 seconds!) • Trust and inclusion • Positive working environments • We will likely only stay in a job two years - simply because we want to switch it up and try something new – the world is accessible and at our fingertips!
How do we get a move on? Through increasing our exposure to human engagement, connection, collaborating and communication – whether virtual or face-to-face. The more we engage creatively with one another, we begin to inspire each other towards innovative ways forward. We operate now from nanosecond to nanosecond, our attention spans are shorter, our ideas are crazier, and our accessibility to information is greater than ever before. How do we harness all of this, transform it, and bring it all back cohesively into the workplace? We don’t. We have instead redefined and shattered the idea of ‘workplace,’ which is now officially outdated and irrelevant to the new generation.
An outcome of this roundtable is a working group called the coalition of the convinced. As the coalition of the convinced, we are seeking to convince the unconvinced by becoming epic convincers on a large scale, by spreading this new way forward across our networks. We are actively taking the initiative to create change, to create a new way forward for people, processes, productivity, and technology built upon purpose. Let’s take into consideration the needs, expectations, and context of the next generation and truly build bridges and dismantle siloes between generations by engaging with future talent. - Ashley Muller, IofC UK
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