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How To Get Employees to Engage
At NextMapping we have surveyed thousands of leaders and one of the top issues facing leaders is “how to get employees to engage”. Recently, I conducted a series of workshops for BMO Bank of Montreal across Canada. We traveled to Winnipeg, Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver, Montreal, and Toronto. The focus was on the future of work […]
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One of The Trends For Future of Work 2020
Recently we released our updated report on Top 20 Trends for Future of Work 2020. This article focuses on one of the trends for the future of work 2020. One of the trends that we researched includes the focus on digital transformation through the lens of ‘people first’. Many leaders we have surveyed have stated […]
Read moreHow To Stop Skepticism In The Workplace
We have surveyed thousands of leaders and one of the top challenges revealed is: How to stop skepticism in the workplace. NextMapping survey The dizzying pace of change in technology and business makes it difficult to keep workers engaged in creating the future. Workers are challenged with ongoing change and do not trust their leaders […]
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88% of Workers Believe AI Will Improve Their Lives
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34% of Workers Are Engaged in the Hybrid Workplace
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