To succeed, an organisation needs the right people, in the right place, doing the right things - nothing more. It should be simple, but as humans we've created complexity. The same factors that caused the complexity are now helping us to create a more human future where organisations and workplaces are built around people. We have the unique opportunity today to focus on people, use trust as a starting point, then create just enough structure to succeed - I call it freedom within parameters. By doing this we can create amazing organisations with workplaces that thrive. There are people out there doing it already, but others are still getting it very wrong! I presented these slides at the Lisbon Workplace Conference 2015 and will share them in Barcelona and Madrid too. They're a (very) brief outline of the ideas that make me believe that the future of work is simple, better, more human.

1. Simple. Better. Human.
Rise of the People-Focused Workplace
@AndySwann

2. Business is Fundamentally Simple.
Business =
Survival + X

3. Right People.
Organisations Should Be Simple.
Right Place.
Right Actions.

4. There are Reasons Why
People Work.

5. Physiological/ Biological.
People are Complex.
Safety.
Esteem.
Belonging.
Cognitive.
Aesthetic.
Self-Actualisation.
Transcendence.

6. People = #1 Consideration.
External.
Internal.

7. People = #1 Consideration.

8. Give People Purpose.
Workplace:
An Environment for People to Thrive.

9. Give People Purpose.
On “Bullshit” Jobs…
Huge swathes of people, in Europe and North America in particular, spend their entire working lives
performing tasks they secretly believe do not really need to be performed. The moral and spiritual
damage that comes from this situation is profound. It is a scar across our collective soul. Yet virtually
no one talks about it.
David Graeber, Strike! Magazine, Summer 2013

10. Give People Purpose.Image: Strike! Magazine Facebook Page http://on.fb.me/16kJAJs

11. Have Genuine Reasons.
Disrupt is Not Enough.
Tech is an Opportunity for Real Change.

12. People First.
Just Enough Structure.
Trust.
Openness.
Conversation.

13. People First, Not Place.Image: http://www.wired.com/2011/05/wired-new-york-photo-gallery/

14. Embrace Better Ways.
Parameters.
Activity.
Outcomes.
Freedom: Within Parameters

15. Design for a Reason.
Keep it Simple.
Design for People.

16. Mind Candy: Work Hard
and Be Nice to People.

17. @AndySwann
#WorkThink
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