Last night, Matthew Taylor delivered his annual lecture at the Royal Society of the Arts in London "What Does It Mean To Be A Citizen At Work"
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As part of the Engage for Success movement, I was in equal parts excited, intrigued, and also slightly worried about what might be said. But the energy and gravitas at the packed auditorium lead to some fantastic debate - leaving me with no doubt that Employee Engagement is about to reach the top of the corporate agenda in the UK.
If you didn't get the chance to attend, then here are some of the Twitter highlights from those present (both in the room, and virtually via the live feed)
- So I'm a crushed middle manager working for an emotionally unintelligent sociopath. Right?! - LukeRobboUK
- If you want to solve complex problems you need clumsy solutions - becca_mchase
- The correlation between employee engagement and wellbeing is compelling - gbminds
- A tipping point is possible when individualistic, organisational, and managerial intent align - AuditFutures
- Research shows CEO’s biggest block to employee engagement is that it’s more emotionally demanding than command and control - GuyCorbet
- Strong strategic narrative about an organisation's purpose is a key principal - commsdan
- Media not interested in the debate around engagement - do they think it's not interesting? Yet stats show it's so important - jododds
- Work can be unbureaucratic, purpose-driven, autonomous, multi-skilled, collaborative and deeply satisfying - LukeRobboUK
- Find 20% engagement improvement in one hour of real listening - ChangeTheLogic
- Mid-staffs shows collective representation no protection from lack of employee voice - croftpod
- Better work should be everyone's business - Engage4Success
- By enriching our working lives we can tackle our nation's key economic and social charges - LukeRobboUK
- Wendy Cartwright - meaning of work had changed but human nature has not - gordonslaven
- Organisations need to have a purpose beyond making money. They need to do something useful that makes money - hazelhodgins
- Good to hear talk of meaningful work & sense of purpose. Even in tough economic times we shouldn't just be grateful for a job - jonnygiff
- This will require a step up for leaders. How can we help them achieve that and not be seen as wimps? ChangeTheLogic
- Need to see engagement as investment in asset, not an additional cost - croftpod
- Being free to express disagreement in the work place vital for engagement but so rare in my experience - capabilitybrown
- Young talented people have seen their parents hate working for bureaucracies and start own work instead - jonjalex
- If UK employees were a football team, at least one would be playing for the other side - johnjalex
- Maybe change needs no longer be a top-down, but an inside-out process - javierbajer
- We need to get beyond belief in technology as a means of innovation in work: efficiency over exploration and experimentation - GuyCorbet
- The best proxy for meaningfulness at work is engagement - johnhitchin
- Change driven by coalition of actors is always more powerful than a 'good' legislation and comms strategy - AuditFutures
- Is there a danger of engagement tripping into immobility and over consultation? Let's make sure we do engagement well - ishbel_hunter
My own Twitter commentary from the room can be found here
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