Equally disengaged and disengaged in the same way are not the same. Equal. We can both be disengaged. We can experience this directly, in our body. None of me shows up. I feel unseen. My voice is not needed. We can see evidence in the residual artifacts. Only a small percentage of the people present […]
I have read quite a bit lately about the very high percentage of people, across the globe, who report being disengaged at work. A recent McKinsey study of millions of employees confirms this finding–most people are not engaged at work. This does not make sense to me. I experience that Homo lumens is always generating creativity, somewhere. Maybe […]
Yet another report from Gallup highlights how deeply disengaged people are in the work environment. Gallup’s previous research in 195 countries showed that 87% of people in the workforce are either unengaged or actively disengaged. That’s like not being engaged at work from January 1 to November 12, and only engaged from November 12 to December 31. A […]
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“Do employees find their work meaningful and rewarding? Do they think their lives are going well? Do they feel hopeful about the future? The short answer is that most employees around the world would answer “no” to all three questions.” [Gallup’s 2022 State of the Global Workplace Report]. Whether this is bleak news or promising […]
Hamel, G. and M. Zanini (2020). Humanocracy: Creating Organizations As Amazing As The People Inside Them. Boston, Harvard Business Review Press. [Read chapter 1 for free here.] The logic is simple. And so is the math. Treat people as less than what they are, and they produce less. Treat people like the creative beings they are, […]
You are NOT measuring what you want. You want your efforts to do something, to mean something. You give your will towards a future you love. When you don’t consciously choose how you engage your will, your creativity, your efforts, your attention, you feel disengaged, like most of the people seem to feel most of […]
“Ask yourself what makes you come alive, and go do that, because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” Various people have attributed this insight to Howard Thurman. I suggest that you have a big YES! within you. If you look, you will find it. You know when you are aligned with […]
The folks at Gallup, whose global studies have shown that most people are disengaged at work, are now finding and studying groups who are actively working to not disengage their people. A 2020 report found four factors that drive higher engagement. Actually engaging with the people who already show up at your work is possible, […]
Most of us give over the decisions about our health to someone else. Decisions about what we should eat, what exercise we should do, and how we should respond to getting sick. Essentially, what to put in our bodies, how to move our bodies, and how to fix our bodies when they are not working […]
Reflections of a Pactoecographer 