The Business End of Agility

In this episode we are joined by the amazing Author and Speaker Kevin Empey to explore just what is the Future of Work, and what it means for organisations, leaders and individuals today. We cover a lot of ground - looking at everything from the relationship of Future of Work with Agility, to how organisations can bring the topic of Future of Work into their strategy, and right through to the competencies needed for individuals to be 'future-fit' in today's changing world.

Topics around employees over the last few years has been hounded by words like ‘disengagement’, ‘The Great Resignation’, ‘Quiet Quitting’, ‘Workplace Bullying’, ‘Burnout’ and the trend of declining mental health.  It makes for a grim read.

In this podcast we’re to look that in the eye, flip it the bird and see how we can bring some light back into organisations, combining leadership, creativity and play to support increasing employee engagement, retention, performance and innovation.

These days change is occurring so rapidly you can’t even finish saying VUCA* before something else is disrupting you or your business.  Today’s episode is called ‘Change it Up’ and we’ll be exploring different ways on how you can grab business change with both hands.  We’ll look at the different aspects of managing and leading change like that will help us to better future proof, and empower your leaders and teams to navigate and thrive in an ever-evolving landscape.

*VUCA - volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity.

Todays Guest

Natasha Redman is one of Melbourne’s leading change management specialists, a Kath and Kim superfan and a passionate agile and modern change enthusiast. She has worked across a range of industries and technologies and with many of Australia’s favourite corporates.

With a strong background in change leadership, she founded Casa De Cambio (Spanish for ‘House of Change’) in 2019 because she saw a real need for sustainable change. Right alongside Natasha hosts a successful podcast (also called Casa de Cambio!) about change, technology, innovation and leadership.

AI is not going to change the world; it already is.  Statistics show up to 40% of roles could be impacted in today’s workforce, while on the flip side McKinsey Global Institute states AI could generate an additional 13 trillion in the global economy by 2030. Businesses that leverage AI will be able to process data and make decisions faster, offer their customers increased personalisation, and reduce their operating costs. But is AI at the top of businesses' agenda, a part of their strategy?  Are businesses already working to harness this new technology enough?  Do they understand how to evaluate and act to integrate AI into their business?

Join us in this episode, where we explore exactly what AI can already do and what it is forecasted to do and hear some real-world examples of what businesses are and are not doing in the race to be ready.

In the space of Business Agility much is said about culture, but culture can be hard to define, shape and nurture - what if we started with something more basic - something that we’ve been doing for thousands of years but seem to have forgotten?

In this episode we’ll be chatting with Beth Gervase, Business Agility Lead at ANZ on the importance of Community in organisations, why it’s vital for creating resilience in your organisations, what leaders need to be thinking about, and what each of us can do now to start building community.

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