If organisations want to encourage innovation, they have to take risks – inclusing the risk of failure.
But as BusinessWeek explores in a great piece, after years of cost-cutting initiatives and growing job insecurity, most employees don't exactly feel like putting themselves on the line. Add to that the heightened expectations by management on individual performance, and it's easy to see why so many opt to play it safe. Yet best companies embrace their mistakes and learn from them.
The solution to improved performance isn't productivity hacks or better time management - we just need to inject more joy into our time at work.
How can managers and organisations create an environment in which every voice is genuinely heard, valued and deployed to maximum effect? This book offers some practical ways to meet this challenge.
In an era where AI can draft emails and manage our schedules, 'Relationship Currency' is a timely reminder of the importance of investing in genuine human connection.
