Startups 3.0 - get ready for a cultural revolution

KPI driven rat race, living the life of - effectively - your investor’s whore, burnout, significant churn as your people realise they’re not ready to sacrifice personal lives to keep meeting targets... It used to be the expected way for an ambitious startup to get off the ground and eventually succeed. Not any more. There is a different way, a way of balancing profitability with investment in people and wellbeing. A way of structuring your company which means people are respected, trusted, and act from a place of power (not fear), while also being very clear about their accountabilities.

Session Takeaways

• Key principles of what it takes to build a transparent workplace
• How to create a culture of empowerment (including getting your people to set their own salaries)
• How to encourage self-management and how to recruit for self managing teams

Facts Related To This Presentation

• 828,000 workers sufferd from work-related stress, depression or anxiety (new or long- standing) in 2019/20 Labour Force Survey (LFS)

• 17.9 million working days were lost due to work-related stress, depression or anxiety in 2019/20 Labour Force Survey (LFS)

• mental health wise January 2021 was the saddest January of the last 10 years, rising above the previous low of 2012, when the UK entered its first double-dip recession since the 1970s (Champion Health)