OPINION: 9 ways to make work more human
Employees are not robots.
You’d be forgiven for thinking otherwise. Consider how we interact in the workplace: same desk, same emails, same hierarchy, same company line. You’re not supposed to rock the boat; usually, you’re not supposed to acknowledge you’re even in a boat.
It doesn’t have to be this way, according to Life@Work, a company culture conference that descended last week at Brooklyn’s 501 Union, the light-filled event space and enviable wedding venue. During two days of panels, some movement exercises and a smidge of group meditation, attendees from innovative companies like the Obama Foundation, Kickstarter, Google, Buzzfeed and more attempted to “create a place for genuine connection,” in the words of Brad Lande-Shannon, CEO at Live Grey, the culture consultancy business behind the event. So why this borough? “Brooklyn is a creative heartbeat,” he said, “and the environmental context of where you do something is important.”