Future of Work: How Process Can Create Extraordinary Relationshiops

These days the media is abuzz about designing The Future of Work. Now that sounds really wonderful in theory, but how does that translate to our day-to-day reality? Especially for entrepreneurs and small businesses?

At its most simple definition, the future of work is a theory of how your work product, your team, and your workplace culture will evolve in the years ahead.

But this is not something new. We haven’t JUST started thinking about how humans can create value without sacrificing themselves in the process. What is different this time around is that the human is the center of the problem solving, not the revenue or the size and reach of the organization.

I believe that this thinking has largely come out of the technology sector and has roots in both software development and in the agency world. These are the places where teams of creatives, technologists, and business strategists had to devise and design ways to communicate effectively while simultaneously delivering products to clients who were out of their depth both technologically and .

All the way back in 2014, I spoke with Jen Simmons on her podcast The Web Ahead, to discuss some very tactical techniques for scoping and executing technology projects while also managing a very difficult set of customer expectations and realities. I recently stumbled across this interview and was delighted to hear that I was talking about the same problem-solving solutions then as now.

Ultimately it means building trusted relationships where hard work and difficult conversations can occur without fear of reprisal, inequitable contributions vs. reward,