Earnest Empathy: Dominic Price

As companies around the globe struggle to find a new normal way of working —questions abound: How do we manage people’s desire for flexibility with the imperative to keep colleagues connected? And how do we make sure that we don’t regress to work models that have historically excluded much-needed voices and perspectives?

Perhaps no one thinks more about questions like these than Atlassian’s Work Futurist, Dominic Price. For nearly ten years he’s been leading efforts at the enterprise tech company to create a flexible employee experience based on listening, not speculation. And in his talk with Jesse, Dominic describes ways to embed earnest empathy into your own ways of working. Listen for his advice on how to drive change from within your organization, his reflections on delivering his immensely popular TED talk, and instruction on how to do a Personal Moral Inventory that helps you achieve balance in your life.

(6:46) The foundations of earnest empathy

(11:28) How to build belonging with authentic leadership, not labels

(14:10) Reflections on the journey to becoming a work futurist and accomplished public speaker

(23:54) How to make change happen from inside an organization

(27:54) Exiting the pandemic: hopes and fears

(31:38) The nuance of purpose

(34:45) Using the Personal Moral Inventory as a tool for achieving balance

Guest Bio

Born to Joy in the harsh Manchester Winter of ‘77, Dominic Price has a career that has reached far and wide through Europe, US and Asia PAC. An accomplished TED speaker, Dom is proud to work at Atlassian, the home of the most intelligent t-shirt wearers in business. As the resident Work Futurist. Dom is Atlassian’s in-house “Team Doctor” helping Atlassian scale by being ruthlessly efficient and effective, and spends over half his time helping our customers navigate transformation, agility, leadership, and the future of work.

Dom has a deep passion for elite human performance, highly effective distributed teams, and building thriving businesses. He has previously been the GM Program Management for a global gaming company and a Director of Deloitte.

Helpful Links

Dom on TEDxSydney: What’s your happiness score? *viewed over 1.7m times

Dom Writes: Why you should swap resolutions for a Personal Moral Inventory

Also, might be time to spring clean your work habits

Thoughts on The Future of Work

Dom’s Website, LinkedIn and Twitter