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Josh Allan Dykstra is a TEDx speaker and recognized thought leader on the future of work and company culture, with articles published in Fast Company, Forbes, and The Huffington Post, among others. He is the author of Igniting the Invisible Tribe: Designing An Organization That Doesn’t Suck and is the CEO of #lovework, a platform that creates astonishingly great places to work. He’s personally worked with some of the most iconic brands on earth (Apple, CHANEL, Sony, USC, Genentech, and Microsoft, among others) and is a Co-Founder and the podcast host of The Work Revolution.
FUN FACTS
- Relocated to Denver, Colorado in January 2016 after living in Los Angeles for 10 years
- Originally from a town of 1311 people in South Dakota
- Classically-trained pianist, multi-instrumentalist (singer/songwriter with 2.6 albums on iTunes & Spotify)
- Has a slight addiction to crazy socks
TALKING POINTS
- The revolutionary new way to do people development: #lovework
- Josh’s TEDx, How Work Can Heal The World
- Josh’s book, Igniting the Invisible Tribe: Designing An Organization That Doesn’t Suck
- The Work Revolution project and what it does to make make the future more free, more just, and more beautiful for everyone
- Discussion question: “Why bother with trying to revolutionize work?”
- Discussion question: “Why should organizations switch their approach to one that utilizes an energy-based approach?”
- Discussion question: “Why is ‘management’ a completely outdated technology?”
A FEW LINKS
- Fast Company article — http://www.fastcompany.com/3005974/what-happens-when-no-one-replaceable
- Forbes article — https://www.forbes.com/sites/theyec/2019/06/19/three-simple-ways-to-create-a-manager-free-culture/#744b90e27a71
- Huffington Post article — http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-allan-dykstra/why-selfmanagement-will-s_b_5591938.html
- Brand Quarterly article — http://www.brandquarterly.com/the-way-you-think-about-business-needs-a-revolution
GENERAL TOPICS OF EXPERTISE
- The Energy-Based Operating System (ebOS) — a fundamentally better way to work
- The future of work — how work is evolving, and how it needs to evolve
- The future of learning — turning Information into Habit Formation
- Company culture as a primary business strategy
- Strengths/positive psychology at work
- Employee engagement (and why it’s still terrible after many decades of discussion and measurement)
- Self-management / Agile / Responsive / “Participation Age” organizational design
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