Looking for a few talking points for your interview, introduction, or upcoming chat with Josh? You’re in the right spot!

QUICK BIO

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, and many others. He is the author of Igniting the Invisible Tribe: Designing An Organization That Doesn’t Suck and the CEO of The Work Revolution, a new kind of organizational change studio. 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 podcast host of The Work Revolution Podcast.

FUN FACTS

• Grew up in South Dakota, lived on Martha’s Vineyard for a college semester, enjoyed a decade in Los Angeles, and now lives in Denver
• Originally from a town of 1311 people
• Classically-trained pianist, multi-instrumentalist singer/songwriter with music on Spotify
• Has a slight addiction to crazy socks

TALKING POINTS

• 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• Discussion question: “Why is ‘management’ a completely outdated technology?”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

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 / “Flat” / Agile / Responsive / “Participation Age” / Distributed Decision Making organizational design