Culture First with Damon Klotz

Do you feel like trust works both ways in your workplace?

With the sustained rise in remote or semi-remote roles, the importance of trust in the workplace is top of mind. But trust needs to work both ways, right? The question isn’t only "can employers trust their employees", it also needs to be "can employees trust their employers?"

Rachel Botsman is a trust expert, author and lecturer at Oxford University. She's passionate about challenging ideas around trust and humility and has been recognised as one of the world's 30 most influential management thinkers. Honoured as a young global leader by the World Economic Forum, Rachel’s TED Talks have garnered more than 5 million views.

Rachel defines trust as a confident relationship with the unknown and in this short snippet of a longer conversation she really helps us understand how we can cultivate it in our workplaces.

Show notes:

This conversation is full of laughter and warmth. The full episode is the same and can be found here.

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In this episode, Damon sits down with Rachel Botsman, a leading expert and author on trust in the modern world, to discuss the positive impact of trust in the workplace.

You'll hear Rachel and Damon discuss:

• How Rachel navigated the changes to her professional life without being on physical stages with audiences.
• The process Rachel uses before she creates a new keynote speech.
• The definition Rachel uses for trust: “Trust is a confident relationship with the unknown.”
• The relationship between trust, humility and ego.
• The rise of employee activism and why employees want to know just what their organization stands for, but also what a company stands against.
• Analyzing the role that vulnerability has on trust when building new relationships.
• Four phrases we need to rethink in the workplace

Rachel Botsman is a trust expert, author, and lecturer at Oxford University. She is passionate about teaching people how to think differently and challenge ideas around trust and humility.

She has been recognized as one of the world’s 30 most influential management thinkers by Thinkers50, one of the Top 10 most influential voices in the UK on LinkedIn and honoured as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum.

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Have you ever caught yourself saying “Once I’ve achieved this, I’ll have time for that” or “I would love to, but I’m just too busy’?

Yes? Same!

Our relationship with time and the perpetual quest for control can lead us to feeling incredibly overwhelmed.

Enter Oliver Burkeman, the author of "4000 Weeks: Time Management for Mortals." In his book, Burkeman delves into the profound concept of our mortality and how it shapes our perspective on time.

The conversation Damon and Oliver have in this episode will, without a doubt, help you make better decisions with your time not only at work, but in your personal life, too.

We're passionate about creating a space for discussions that straddle both realms as our work and our lives continnue to overlap more than ever.

Five key concepts to listen out for are:

• Embracing your limitations.
• The idea of waiting for perfect control.
• How to be aware of the productivity trap.
• The joy of seeking novelty in the mundane.
• And did the term ‘strategic underachievement’, as coined by Oliver, lay the foundations for the quiet quitting trend?

As usual, this episode is packed full of actionable takeaways for everyone looking to build a culture first workplace.

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SHOW NOTES:

At the top of the episode, you’ll hear Damon reference one of Oliver’s latest New York Times articles, as he sets a challenge for every listener: Opinion | Stop Multitasking. No, Really — Just Stop It. - The New York Times.

Damon also mentions the work of Alain de Botton.

You’ll also hear Oliver reference the work of Cal Newport, an MIT-trained computer science professor at Georgetown University who also writes about technology, work, and finding depth despite distraction.

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Welcome back to another episode of the Culture First Podcast. In this episode podcast host, Damon Klotz talks about what's to come in the future for this podcast and for announces new Culture First events for 2022 and beyond.

Culture Amp is excited to announce that Culture First – Culture Amp's annual, global virtual event series – is back! I'm inviting you to join us and the community as we explore the role of culture, science, and innovation in building better workplaces and overcoming uncertainty.

Head to the link in the episode show notes to register now to join over 30,000 international attendees for any or all of our three regional experiences:

• Culture First APAC - September 7, 2022
• Culture First Americas - October 26, 2022
• Culture First EMEA - March 2023

Explore ideas, share your experiences, dive into the data, and gain the clarity and skills you need to turn current and future uncertainty into opportunity.

By reworking work, we can build a better world of work – for everyone.

We'd also love to hear from our listeners if there's particular guests you'd like to hear from on the podcast.

You can send me an email [email protected] or contact me @DamonKlotz on social media.

I'd love to know if there's a company leader, author, or practitioner that you want to hear more from. One of the core principles when we design culture first each year is to ensure that for every well-known guest like Simon Sinek we also create space for emerging leaders or people who don't typically speak at events like ours. So no guest suggestion is a bad suggestion.

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How will the top 7 HR trends of 2024 impact your workplace?

Damon breaks down his top three employee experience predictions for 2024, along with key predictions from four experts around the globe.

In this new era of work, our technology, leadership, and communication are all hyper-focused on prioritizing ease and creating more cohesive workplaces.

It’s a new era born of an understanding that when both work and the world outside work feel hard, it can be overwhelming to be a working human.

So, listen in to see how 2024 promises to make it easier for people to do their best work, and to feel valued, purposeful, and confident that they have the tools and support to work well.

If you’re ready to level up as a new year begins, 2024 has the potential to drive essential progress in the workplace evolution – where we tune into the requirements of organizations and employees to create truly impactful and engaging employee experiences.

As we navigate generational workplace change, rethink the role of the office, and adapt to emerging technologies, the possibilities are endless. Here’s to a new year of making good things happen at work.

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