“In terms of what has changed… so much back then was earned. So, you’re in a company and if you’re there for x amount of years, you can work anywhere in August if August is slow. Or if you’re there for a certain amount of time, you get a sabbatical or your options will vest. Gone are the days where people are staying at one company. Gone are the days when people are even staying three years or four years at one company. They’re like, ‘Let’s just address the elephant in the room. We are going to date, we are not getting married, and we’re going to work together until it doesn’t work for one of us and that’s okay.’”
In this week’s all-new episode of THE IDEALISTS., host and entrepreneur, Melissa Kiguwa speaks to Erica Keswin, a workplace strategist who has worked for the past twenty years with some of the world’s most iconic brands as a consultant, speaker, author, and professional dot-connector. Her second book, Rituals Roadmap: The Human Way to Transform Everyday Routines Into Workplace Magic made the Wall Street Journal, Publishers Weekly and USA Today best seller lists and her work and insights can be seen in Harvard Business Review, NY Post, Forbes, Huffington Post, O Magazine, Entrepreneur, Business Insider, Mogul, Conscious Company, Quartz, and Fast Company.
Highlight:
Erica leads the conversation by describing how her parent’s divorce during her childhood led her to pursue a career of connecting people to each other.
Erica then shares her thesis: that when we connect with one another and bring our human to work, we see an increase in wellness, health, and performance.
Erica and Melissa discuss innovative ways progressive companies are supporting employees in “bringing their human to work.”
Lastly, Erica discusses her audacious vision for the world— that as technologically advanced as our world will continue to become, that her work helps people remember the value of relationships.