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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 (lovework.team), a platform that helps large organizations reduce burnout and create astonishingly great teamwork. 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 (workrevolution.org).
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 company, #lovework, and what they do to build healthier organizations
- 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- Discussion question: “Why is ‘management’ a completely outdated technology?”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
- More about Josh — https://joshallan.com/about/
- 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
- Company culture (as a primary business strategy)
- Strengths/positive psychology at work
- Employee engagement (and why it’s still terrible after many years of discussion and measurement)
- Self-management / Agile / Responsive / “Participation Age” organizational design
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