The Future of Work with Charles Anderson
Charles Anderson shares his vision for the future of work and the key strategies to how companies should engage their employees in a hybrid work era.
Fresh out of the studio, Charles Anderson, chief strategy officer of Eight Inc joined us to share his perspectives on the future of work. He shared how companies are struggling to cope with the post-pandemic era where they have to embrace hybrid and remote work and dive deep into the strategies for managing and retaining employees in this period of great resignation. Last but not least, he shared the critical trends in the technologies & social practices and what great looks such that it aligns with the future of work.
"So people don't mind going back to the office. But in Asia, the people who wanna go to the office the least are the people who are working in Northeast Asia. So in China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, those are ones that have more of a tough environment to work in, more of a bullying culture, the strict 9-9-6 in China (which I know is going away) but people are still expected to work a lot. ... They don't have that type of a great work life balance, and they don't wanna go back in. So it's really a difficult thing. There's dozens of different types of dependencies you would need to look at. We need to start this process because this isn't gonna go away. We're gonna keep transitioning to it, so we might as well put in a better plan to make sure that our return-to-work and hybrid models are successful." - Charles Anderson
Introduction
- Charles Anderson (@CRASingapore, LinkedIn), Chief Strategy Officer, Eight Inc & host of TechBurst Asia Podcast
- Since our last conversation, what have you been up to?
- What led you to join Eight Inc?
- Can you talk about your role and coverage with Eight Inc?
Future of Work (Video)
- Can you define what the future of work means for the layman out there?
- From the start of the pandemic to the post-pandemic era now, what has changed for organizations adopting hybrid and remote work?
- How well are we progressing with the return to the office?
- What do business leaders need to consider for their employees returning to the office and how should they sequence the return?
- We have seen companies implementing either flexible/hybrid workspaces and policies for knowledge workers. What are they getting right and wrong with these work strategies?
- The key issue is human outcomes. What is the human impact of the pandemic and how does that lead to great resignation?
- How does the great resignation lead to a great disconnect between employees and employers?
- How does one measure outcomes in a remote work environment?
- What is the experience master plan that can be applied to the future of work?
- How do you measure the return on experience for that master plan?
- What are the critical trends for the technologies and social practices that align with the future of work?
- Can you talk about the digital twin concept and how does they help the different stakeholders in a building and the underlying mechanisms?
- What does great look like for any company successfully implementing the future of work?
Closing
- Any recommendations that have inspired you recently?
- Charles' recommendation: Feel Better, Live More with Dr Rangan Chatterjee podcast with James Nestor, author of "Brdoesth".
- How do my audience find you?