Countdown to the new world

The new world – How will the new world look and what will you do?

The new world – So another week of lockdown and another week of governments and organizations trying to plan

What the future looks like for us all.

We are working out ways to get our people and businesses back to normality with minimal consequences, whilst also capturing what will be different when some sort of normality returns.

But what will that normality look like?

Just as the revolutionary race into space of the 50s and 60s, we need to pull on our technology and human visions to stretch our boundaries, make history and carve the blueprint of the future.

There are clear similarities with now and then in combining the technology to hand with the passion and desire to change.

As we look back at the somewhat primitive and bulky kit that was used for space travel, we too will reflect at Teams, Skype and Zoom and fondly smile in the not so distant future.

How on earth did we manage with floppy disks and Filofaxes back then, I hear.

I still recall the feel of those thick clocking in cards. Our working environment really has come a long way so far!

We have to consider how we enable the workforce to transition to a new land, and also how we identify and embed the people capabilities that we need to attract and develop.

The new Orgaizations and Work structure

Are we reflecting and learning from this situation to capture the skills, experience and behaviors we need to thrive post Coronavirus.

As organizations think of the shape of things to come, we must link structure and systems capability with the workforce standards for the future.

What:

• Does good performance look like in a digital and remote world?
• Behaviors are essential for remote working and leadership?
• Constitutes good online communication skills?
• Does future talent look like?

Now is the time to capture these! Organizations now need to marry the importance of being technically savvy with the skills and behaviors to excel in the new world.

What will be enough

It’s not enough to think our previous ways of working will be totally applicable moving forward. We need to be brave by redefining and setting the standards and expectations of our future self, far more than just the ability and confidence to use video conferencing and shared documents.

Just as the pioneers of space travel

Looked down at the earth many moons ago.

We too, need to look at our world and reflect.

This global crisis is the rocket fuel that can power us to new heights if we are looking at reaching the future land, on our terms.

As we shape our organization’s mothership on the launch pad, we now need to capture the people skills, capabilities and behaviors to drive it.

Pav Ponnoosami

Contact Pav Ponnoosami for more insight and views.

I have spent my career studying and understanding people.

Not just through formal academia and my profession, but also through an open heart and mind, lived experiences, and a hell of a lot of self-reflection and people watching.

I take this into the world of Organisational Development and feed into how we can develop strong People communities in businesses by embedding the right cultures