The Future Of Teamwork with Dane Groeneveld

Discover how Dr. John Boudreau revolutionizes work and organizations by strengthening incentives, cultures, and fostering fulfilling and satisfying work. Host and HUDDL3 CEO, Dane Groeneveld, sits down with Dr. Boudreau to discuss the idea of transformative HR, how virtual and augmented reality provides opportunities for people to directly connect regardless of geographic location, and different definitions and systems for work.Key Takeaways:[00:11 - 07:38] Introduction to John Boudreau and his work strengthening and incentivizing more fulfilling work[07:39 - 11:25] Transformative HR and technologies that enable better collaboration with automation[11:26 - 14:25] Opportunities for direct connection in virtual in augmented reality[14:26 - 16:09] Making knowledge transfer accessible and conversational[16:12 - 19:37] The power of algorithmic engines and accurate predictions[19:38 - 26:12] How AI is changing the workplace, and how companies are preparing for those changes[26:16 - 30:48] Retooling HR and applying frameworks that humanize processes[30:49 - 34:54] Development and the disaggregation of work, bringing business assets to communities[34:55 - 39:32] How we define work, and the courage and honesty to talk about workplace evolutions[39:38 - 44:51] Bridging the gap between academia and professional development, and John's book "Work Without Jobs"[44:52 - 47:35] The new work operating system and working around the edges[47:44 - 49:17] Connecting with Dr. John Boudreau

In today's episode of The Future of Teamwork, host and HUDDL3 CEO Dane Groeneveld speaks with Business Growth Strategy Expert Carl J. Cox. Carl is an expert on strategic planning and CEO of 40 Strategy. Together, they explore the challenges of executing strategic plans, the role of leadership in driving change, and the power of shifting from goals to destinations. The two also discuss how 40 Strategy has transformed teams, fostering honest feedback in leadership and what truly matters in unlocking organizational growth.[00:11 - 05:30] Meet Carl J. Cox[05:35 - 06:43] Bringing fresh perspectives and helping some clients confirm organizational challenges[06:44 - 08:24] $160 Billion spent on strategic planning consulting every year, but only 20% is executed[08:27 - 11:15] Unlocking and accepting change, and the middle management barrier[11:16 - 14:12] Incentives for strategic improvement and motivation[14:14 - 20:46] Vision and people as part of your growth strategy[20:48 - 25:38] Lagging indicators and leading actions[25:39 - 27:37] Great companies where leaders walk the talk[27:40 - 30:33] Leaders need to be creating other leaders, and key principles of 40 Strategy[30:33 - 32:19] Giving insights so people can see better ways and workflows[32:20 - 35:22] Lost at CEO, and understanding that leadership doesn't always get honest feedback[35:23 - 39:55] Fear and trepidation, switching narratives from goals to destinations[39:56 - 43:09] Thoughts on OKRs, measuring what matters[43:11 - 47:54] How do teams that have worked with 40 Strategy look now?[47:56 - 49:32] How people can connect with Carl

In this episode of The Future of Teamwork, host and HUDDL3 CEO Dane Groeneveld interviews Laura Hunter, a sustainability professional and founder of The Now Work, who shares how she applied her humanities degree to service and sustainability. They discuss the importance of genuine action over greenwashing, the rise of freelance work in the sustainability industry, and the impact of technology on seamless collaboration.Key Takeaways:[00:11 - 02:49] How Laura took a humanities degree and applied it to service and sustainability[02:50 - 05:52] The creative side and storytelling of sustainability[06:00 - 09:01] How teams are coming together in the sustainability industry[09:04 - 10:59] The concept of greenwashing creative work without the sustainability action, jumping on the marketing bandwagon[11:01 - 13:28] The Now Work, building better connectivity for sustainability professionals to connect[13:30 - 14:38] A place for deep subject matter experts[14:40 - 16:46] Privilege and DEI in sustainability[16:46 - 17:40] What attracted Laura to independent work[17:41 - 20:26] Control as an excellent motivator for people[20:26 - 22:12] By 2027, almost half the US labor market is expected to be freelance[22:12 - 24:30] Different shades of full-time and part-time work[24:31 - 26:42] Discussing building teams and what to look for[27:11 - 29:20] Technology as an enabler of seamless work[29:21 - 31:29] A framework for solving problems with technology[31:29 - 33:56] Fractional work and getting the opportunity to dig deeper into other industries[33:58 - 36:30] A development component of Laura's SaaS platform, The Now Work[36:31 - 39:54] Seeing impact in the fashion and creative industries[39:53 - 43:11] Emerging focuses in fashion around sustainability, living wages, and de-growth[43:13 - 47:29] A history of fossil fuels and coal, thinking about the challenges of sustainability[47:30 - 48:39] Get ahold of Laura

In this episode of The Future of Teamwork, host and HUDDL3 CEO Dane Groeneveld speaks with Mahir Iskender, the founder of Digno, a company that aims to bring a human touch to "Employee Scoring." Mahir explains how harnessing digital tools for real-time feedback and evaluation can revolutionize the employee experience and touches on gamification, incentives, and the need for improved performance management tools. During the conversation, Mahir discusses how Digno can help share insights on role clarity, performance metrics, skills training, and tools that celebrate employee performance and drive work behaviors.Episode takeaways: [00:11 - 02:56] Meet Mahir and learn how Digno is making "Employee Scoring" more human[02:56 - 04:49] The origin of Digno and helping people perform better[04:51 - 06:29] Gamification, incentives, employee performance, and the need for better performance management tools[06:39 - 09:25] Harnessing digital tools for real-time feedback and evaluation[10:13 - 11:17] Combining knowledge for role clarity[11:18 - 11:55] Performance metrics for 10,000 employees in under a minute[11:58 - 16:06] Five factors that contribute to employee success[16:07 - 17:14] A system to celebrate good work[17:16 - 18:56] Skills training and predictive analytics[18:57 - 20:19] Approximating employee behaviors[20:20 - 22:31] Making employee data more accessible and visual[22:31 - 24:51] Goal management[24:51 - 27:44] Celebrating good work and driving the right behaviors[27:46 - 30:07] When hiring, Mahir thinks about how trainable someone is[30:08 - 33:17] Recognition and reward at work[33:17 - 38:18] Building a better system for incentives, rewards, and employee motivation[38:19 - 41:20] A results-oriented perspective and a more accessible future for finding freelance jobs[41:21 - 42:06] Disaggregating work[42:09 - 43:52] What does it look like to be successful with Digno[43:55 - 45:43] Simplifying performance evaluations[45:51 - 47:15] How to reach Mahir[47:17 - 48:49] Navigating the Big Brother stereotype to deliver employees respect and humanity

Today on The Future of Teamwork, host and HUDDL3 CEO Dane Groeneveld speaks with Pinnacle's CEO and founder, Alexei Dunaway. Alexei is an executive coach redefining the career growth conversation with his SaaS platform Pinnacle. Throughout this conversation, Dane and Alexei chat about early-stage startups, setting a foundation for career growth and different coaching frameworks, and how technology is helping teams solve problems by providing the right people with the right development content.Key Takeaways: [00:11 - 01:48] Meet Alexei Dunaway, executive coach and co-founder and CEO of Pinnacle[01:51 - 03:11] How Alexei became an executive coach[03:14 - 04:20] Highlights of coaching early-stage startups[04:20 - 06:33] Using coaching frameworks and setting the tone for a team[06:34 - 10:07] Coaching frameworks that have inspired Alexei and that he utilizes[10:09 - 13:42] Opportunities for interpersonal growth, differences from the past and recent future with COVID[13:43 - 15:27] Measuring actual behaviors and effectiveness[15:27 - 18:08] How Pinnacle helps measure progress and aids HR leaders and executives[18:12 - 19:53] Stretch opportunities and career growth[19:53 - 25:18] Programmatic ways to pull data on career conversations and incentivize career record-keeping[25:19 - 29:30] Personifying best practices through technology innovations[29:30 - 32:47] Learning knowledge attached to problems and serving people the right content[32:49 - 36:16] Knowledge management and hearing from peers and consultants[36:17 - 40:25] A peer learning model in an interactive digital environment[40:30 - 45:56] Predicting the future of Pinnacle in given years and what it looks like for teams to use it

Debi Yadegari, CEO and founder of Villyge, sits down with The Future of Teamwork host and HUDDL3 CEO Dane Groeneveld to discuss scaling empathy in the workplace. Debi talks about her experience becoming a mother and how it helped her realize the need for more empathy top-down at organizations. She also encourages businesses to transform their cultures into more of an asset with her SaaS platform Villyge. Villyge is a platform to open up dialogues between employees and managers. It offers a variety of tools and content to help teams meet in the middle with more empathy for the employee and the various life challenges people face while juggling work and life. Key Takeaways: [00:11 - 04:29] Meet Debi Yadegari, CEO and Founder of Villyge[04:37 - 07:59] How Debi landed on creating a SaaS platform[08:02 - 13:08] How Villyge works to allow better dialogues between employees and managers[13:08 - 18:09] Psychological safety around sharing your life events with managers, getting in front of quit[18:09 - 20:02] Knowing your team's strengths and weaknesses, seeing the whole story with struggling employees[20:02 - 23:54] Inserting empathy and flexibility when seeing employee journeys unfold[23:55 - 25:49] Life events as invisible career barriers and disruptors[25:49 - 28:44] Educated and engaging inclusivity initiatives around life events and culture[28:45 - 32:08] Flexible arrangements in off-boarding and retirement that harmonize with career advancement of other employees[32:10 - 39:18] What it's like to use the Villyge platform and how it provides a foundation of communication[39:17 - 42:13] Leadership guidance in the wake of tragedies that affect employees[42:13 - 44:25] Using Villyge without sharing life events, a catalog of webinars for support[44:27 - 46:20] What the future of teamwork looks like using a system like Villyge[46:22 - 47:56] How to contact Debi

Join host Dane Groeneveld in an insightful conversation on The Future of Teamwork podcast with keynote speaker and story coach Francisco Mahfuz. Discover the power of storytelling in business and team environments as Francisco shares his personal journey and how it shaped his life and career. They’ll also explore the importance of holding story circles to enrich employee experience data points and the profound impact of storytelling in helping employees embody company values and making it a habit. Lastly, you can learn how analogies can make your messages more memorable and impactful when communicating with others. Revolutionize your approach to teamwork and tap into the transformative power of storytelling in this engaging podcast episode.Episode Highlights:[00:11 - 03:01] Meet Francisco Mahfuz, keynote speaker and story coach[03:04 - 05:20] Francisco's return to storytelling[05:24 - 08:49] A focus on public speaking, communication around change management and culture[08:52 - 11:46] A focus on storytelling to improve corporate culture and events[11:48 - 15:14] Approaching storytelling by reviewing values and people's own reflective stories[15:15 - 18:38] Different truths, feedback, and finding a story that isn't a battle[18:40 - 24:28] Psychological safety and a "story circle" process[24:31 - 27:23] Story capture can help cut toxicity, and how personal anecdotes can supersede even training[27:25 - 32:23] Liar's Poker and other Michael Lewis books, people figuring out big messes[32:24 - 38:42] Making complexity simple through storytelling, knowing your audience and communication purpose[38:42 - 41:25] Facts are like ice cubes[41:26 - 44:23] What it looks like at the organizations Francisco works with[44:24 - 48:06] Communication isn't hierarchical, storytelling and creating a course of action[48:20 - 49:08] How to reach Francisco

On today's episode of The Future of Teamwork, Nick Smoot sits down with host and HUDDL3 CEO Dane Groeneveld to talk about the importance of personal narrative in helping you understand and pursue meaningful work. Nick is the Founder and CEO of Aesop Industries, a venture partner, and someone with a deep passion for developing communities. During their conversation, the two discuss Nick's venture projects, progressive policies and technologies, the inherent drive in humans to create, as well as the impact of getting involved in mission-based work.Episode Highlights:[00:11 - 00:47] Introduction to Nick Smoot[00:49 - 02:20] Nick talks about the beginnings of his story with creating Aesop Industries and doing community work[02:22 - 03:49] Finding success in youth community coaching programs and opportunities to grow an EdTech company[03:50 - 08:35] Partnerships and venture innovations[09:07 - 11:57] A way to reorient a merit-based innovation approach[12:03 - 14:28] An identity story, and our birthright as creators to solve our own problems[14:30 - 17:48] Building a constant percolation of the culture you want[17:49 - 19:59] Sentiment mapping and understanding how communities feel[20:00 - 21:25] Coffee and Concepts in Victoria, TX[21:26 - 24:30] Growing a culture change engine that spreads[25:00 - 27:50] Creative or creator vs. entrepreneur or maker, a philosophy[27:51 - 28:30] Killing the word "entrepreneur" and building Build [28:35 - 32:34] Bifurcating your identity and spreading a mission-based goal[32:36 - 35:22] Identifying a shared problem teams face and forming a coalition[35:24 - 38:41] Where do we leave room for belonging, gathering, and transaction to happen in authentic, co-creative ways[38:45 - 39:35] Spin and watch how you spend your time, and understanding our journeys[39:40 - 41:10] Dane and Nick on the Berkshire Hathaway shareholder event and building wealth[41:12 - 42:12] Aligning yourself with the shared interest of your consumer, the idea of a "soul and goal line"[42:21 - 44:38] Magic exists in our own town, and taking the risk away from community events by making them more accessible[44:42 - 46:48] Community-based approaches and Nick's free ebook Better[46:53 - 48:26] How to reach Nick

In today's episode of The Future of Teamwork, host and HUDDL3 CEO Dane Groeneveld speaks with Lisa Blair Fratzke about her passion for helping brands explore and find their "why." An organization's "why" is its purpose, which Lisa knows a lot about after realizing the power of storytelling as a screenwriter, Disney employee, and founder of Fratzke Consulting. Among other things, this conversation covers video's role in storytelling, intentionality and culture-building as critical to supporting their purpose, and her strategies for helping brands develop compelling value propositions.Episode highlights:[00:12 - 04:50] Lisa's background in screenwriting and at Disney[04:55 - 07:18] The power of connections, purpose, and Lisa's goal to help companies find their "why"[07:19 - 09:21] Helping brands develop effective value propositions[09:23 - 11:49] Helping companies and their teammates find their purpose and why[11:55 - 13:18] Safety as a value proposition[13:20 - 14:26] Lisa's strategy for developing value propositions and bringing out the best[14:32 - 15:28] The importance of buy-in[15:30 - 18:51] The impact of storytelling on a Disney Cast member reference guide[18:51 - 21:54] Humanizing resources and different messages[21:55 - 24:23] Acquisitions and layers of a human-centered approach[24:27 - 26:25] Culture building informs everything[26:27 - 30:42] The importance of intentionality in gathering physically and virtually[30:46 - 34:04] Thoughts on the role of video in business updates and training[34:08 - 37:24] Video should be part of a holistic strategy to bring a message to life[37:34 - 40:14] Safeguarding brand reputation and enabling employee storytelling, videos[40:16 - 46:20] What does the future of driving belonging and impact look like for Lisa?

On this episode of The Future of Teamwork, host Dane Groeneveld, CEO of HUDDL3, speaks with John McGlothlin, a former paratrooper, and author, about how the lessons he learned from the military can help individuals become better teammates. McGlothlin shares how his military experience prepared him to work effectively with people he didn't hire and deal with unexpected challenges as a team. During their conversation, McGlothlin shares how he distilled the military culture into five "inner traits" crucial for facing any challenge. Tune in to discover how applying these principles can prepare you to work with your teams.Key Takeaways:[00:11 - 02:56] How John's background in the military informs his life as a writer[02:58 - 06:15] Non-combat aspects of the military and the wealth of organizational and training knowledge[03:55 - 06:15] Basic training and experiencing bootcamp[06:41 - 10:32] Dealing with unexpected challenges together, and investing/developing your team[10:35 - 13:25] Navigating that you can't choose your coworkers or hires in the military[13:27 - 15:02] Paratrooper training and what helps people deal with nearly anything[15:02 - 16:21] The importance of self-awareness[16:22 - 17:25] Using research, and recognizing the phenomenon of "pro-social lying"[17:27 - 18:40] A unique aspect of the military is that everyone is trained for everything[18:41 - 20:15] The idea of dual-training admin personnel for combat[20:20 - 22:49] Exposure to common core trainings[22:53 - 25:39] The reward for showing initiative[25:45 - 28:08] Efficiency and focusing on the next game[28:14 - 30:50] Efficiency, the idea of a skeleton crew, and focusing on your own role[30:51 - 31:47] Not getting caught in the noise[31:50 - 35:22] Adaptability and being part of the process[35:23 - 38:25] Putting time and energy into training, re-skilling, and growth in the modern age[38:29 - 39:54] Insistence and the ability to coexist[39:54 - 41:15] Reaching the standard for yourself[41:16 - 42:54] Why standards are important[42:57 - 45:06] Holding people accountable and communicating appropriately[45:07 - 47:46] The importance of documentation in training[47:47 - 50:48] How people can own their careers with John's framework