{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Practical Bravery: FUTURE-PROOFING WORKPLACES!","description":"The Possibility Club podcast: Practical Bravery - FUTURE-PROOFING WORKPLACES!   In this episode, we return to the nuanced interplay between machine learning and human ingenuity. Can machines complement our creativity, or will they eclipse the essence of human touch in professions once thought impermeable to automation?   As we navigate the digital era's complexities, questions of equity, diversity, and the human experience within the technological landscape become increasingly pressing. How do we harness AI to foster inclusivity and bridge divides, rather than widen them? Amidst the relentless pace of innovation, where does the individual find their footing, and how do we cultivate resilience and adaptability in a workforce facing unprecedented shifts?   Our guest this week is work futures and technology expert, Dr Naeema Pasha.   --- Dr Naeema Pasha via LinkedIn https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/dr-naeema-pasha-9b23b66\/?originalSubdomain=uk   Dr Naeema Pasha on Twitter\/X https:\/\/twitter.com\/naeema_pasha?lang=en   Futureproof Your Career \u2014 Dr Naeema\u2019s ebook co-written with Shaheena Janjuha-Jivraj via Amazon https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Futureproof-Your-Career-Succeed-Changing-ebook\/dp\/B091Y37WZC\/   \u201cThere was just a report done recently at Henley about bosses wanting people back in the workplace, having what\u2019s called a \u2018proximity bias\u2019, I will trust you more if I can see you visibly.\u201d   Henley Business School https:\/\/www.henley.ac.uk\/   \u201cResearch shows there are people wanting this identity of us just not being workers, that we are also doing other things, we have families, or commitments, or hobbies, or anything. People expect flexibility.\u201d   \u201cPeople are expecting to have time to take children to school, or wellbeing. All these things seem to be much more in the psyche of workers.\u201d   \u201cLooking at the research I did on race equity, and other people in Henley have done further study on this, is that people are biased. And what we found with the A.I. is that it could be less biased in coaching.\u201d   \u201cWhen we talk about skilling, the research I did \u2014 and this was my doctorate \u2014 is that, rather than the skills of coding and STEM and this kind of thing, what is more important is for us to start understanding ambiguity, work through uncertainty, and therefore what skills are important are how to be focused, how to go through these complexities that we have, and work out where we are and how we progress.\u201d    Work of Work Institute https:\/\/www.henley.ac.uk\/world-of-work   Henley Business Schools\u2019 Leading Edge podcast with Naeema https:\/\/www.henley.ac.uk\/leading-edge\/future-of-work-how-to-channel-the-spirit-of-gen-z   On job hunting \u2014   \u201cThe job hunting experience has been interesting. Having worked in graduate recruitment, where thousands of people go through processes, now myself being part of a pool.\u201d   \u201cThe most important thing is to humanise the process.\u201d   \u201cThe \u2018ghosting\u2019 experience is strange. A handful of big organisations are processing everyone. Your data is kept and it\u2019s pushed through this funnel, but then you get ghosted at the end. Automated systems should allow for a rejection stage as well.\u201d   \u201cThere\u2019s enough intellect in organisations to be able to think, how do we manage this process? Because it\u2019s a decent thing to do and actually it\u2019s good for the recruitment brand as well.\u201d   "It still feels like \u2018you should be grateful\u2019 and we\u2019ll put you through these ridiculous amount of tests and interviews.\u201d   \u201cThis year has been a real experience of hearing the term \u2018we\u2019re about the hustle\u2019, \u2018we\u2019re about the hustle culture\u2019, hearing that quite a lot with employers.\u201d    \u2018Equality alone won\u2019t help you win the war on talent\u2019 article by Dr Naeema Pasha in The HR World https:\/\/www.thehrworld.co.uk\/culture-clash\/equality-alone-wont-help-win-war-talent\/   Wired article on Grindr\u2019s demand that workers return to the office https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/grindrs-return-to-office-ultimatum-gutted-a-uniquely-queer-space-in-tech\/   \u201cBeing able to collaborate was really important, and being able to collaborate in a way that allowed for diversity to come into place.\u201d   \u201cWe still want to feel a sense that people care for us. And we can also do the same for other people. And that was the same in physical places, as well as online.\u201d   \u201cCaring has come up so often in organisations that people want to know how they can make it more explicit, how they can show that a lot more. Not just to care for others and our teams, but ourselves as well.\u201d   \u201cWe might even go to shops where it\u2019ll say \u2019no A.I. used here\u2019 because we don\u2019t want our retinas scanned.\u201d   \u201cThe rate of change is fast. We have to work with young people to understand you are valuable, you are brilliant, you\u2019ve got capability, how can we understand your strengths?\u201d   \u201cI think equity and diversity is going to be more important and A.I. will probably enable that to work better.\u201d ------   This episode was recorded in November 2023 Interviewer: Richard Freeman for always possible Editor: CJ Thorpe-Tracey for Lo Fi Arts   For more visit www.alwayspossible.co.uk ","author_name":"The Possibility Club","author_url":"http:\/\/www.alwayspossible.co.uk\/podcast","html":"