217: How to Build a Future-Ready Organization with Jacob Morgan
Release Date: 02/05/2026
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Being [at Work] offers a daily dose of leadership focused on helping you, the leader. During challenging times we need all of the encouragement we can get. Sometimes there’s simply no playbook and we just need to do the best we can. Sometimes the best we can is being reminded of the gifts and insight you already have within. Be sure to subscribe and get your daily dose. About Andrea Butcher Andrea Butcher is a visionary business leader, executive coach, and keynote speaker—she empowers leaders to gain clarity through the chaos by being MORE of who they already are. Her...
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218: You Don't Have a Time Problem - You Have an Energy Problem with Jessica DeLorenzo
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Daily Dose: Just Walk Through It
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Being [at Work] offers a daily dose of leadership focused on helping you, the leader. During challenging times we need all of the encouragement we can get. Sometimes there’s simply no playbook and we just need to do the best we can. Sometimes the best we can is being reminded of the gifts and insight you already have within. Be sure to subscribe and get your daily dose. About Andrea Butcher Andrea Butcher is a visionary business leader, executive coach, and keynote speaker—she empowers leaders to gain clarity through the chaos by being MORE of who they already are. Her...
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Being [at Work] offers a daily dose of leadership focused on helping you, the leader. During challenging times we need all of the encouragement we can get. Sometimes there’s simply no playbook and we just need to do the best we can. Sometimes the best we can is being reminded of the gifts and insight you already have within. Be sure to subscribe and get your daily dose. About Andrea Butcher Andrea Butcher is a visionary business leader, executive coach, and keynote speaker—she empowers leaders to gain clarity through the chaos by being MORE of who they already are. Her...
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Being [at Work] offers a daily dose of leadership focused on helping you, the leader. During challenging times we need all of the encouragement we can get. Sometimes there’s simply no playbook and we just need to do the best we can. Sometimes the best we can is being reminded of the gifts and insight you already have within. Be sure to subscribe and get your daily dose. About Andrea Butcher Andrea Butcher is a visionary business leader, executive coach, and keynote speaker—she empowers leaders to gain clarity through the chaos by being MORE of who they already are. Her...
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Being [at Work] offers a daily dose of leadership focused on helping you, the leader. During challenging times we need all of the encouragement we can get. Sometimes there’s simply no playbook and we just need to do the best we can. Sometimes the best we can is being reminded of the gifts and insight you already have within. Be sure to subscribe and get your daily dose. About Andrea Butcher Andrea Butcher is a visionary business leader, executive coach, and keynote speaker—she empowers leaders to gain clarity through the chaos by being MORE of who they already are. Her...
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217: How to Build a Future-Ready Organization with Jacob Morgan
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Since the pandemic, organizations have been scrambling to attract and retain talent. As a result, many have lost their way by confusing culture with comfort, chasing perks, and trying to be everything to everyone. That’s why I invited Jacob Morgan, a leading futurist and best-selling author, to join me for a deep and energizing conversation on the eight laws of employee experience and how to build a future-ready organization. Learn why so many companies have drifted off course, how you can reset expectations in a way that is both empathic and excellent, and how leaders at every level can...
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Daily Dose: Learning to Set Myself Straight
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Being [at Work] offers a daily dose of leadership focused on helping you, the leader. During challenging times we need all of the encouragement we can get. Sometimes there’s simply no playbook and we just need to do the best we can. Sometimes the best we can is being reminded of the gifts and insight you already have within. Be sure to subscribe and get your daily dose. About Andrea Butcher Andrea Butcher is a visionary business leader, executive coach, and keynote speaker—she empowers leaders to gain clarity through the chaos by being MORE of who they already are. Her...
info_outlineSince the pandemic, organizations have been scrambling to attract and retain talent. As a result, many have lost their way by confusing culture with comfort, chasing perks, and trying to be everything to everyone.
That’s why I invited Jacob Morgan, a leading futurist and best-selling author, to join me for a deep and energizing conversation on the eight laws of employee experience and how to build a future-ready organization. Learn why so many companies have drifted off course, how you can reset expectations in a way that is both empathic and excellent, and how leaders at every level can recover clarity and meaning at work.
This conversation is for the leaders and team members who want to create work cultures where people are valued, challenged, and actually want to show up.
Timestamp Takeaways
(00:00) Why workplace cultures have lost their way
(02:52) Why are the eight laws of employee experience relevant now?
(05:12) Are you making this mistake when hiring for culture fit?
(09:35) The 3 areas organizations should focus on when hiring talent
(10:26) How to balance empathy and excellence
(13:43) Why these 8 laws of employee experienceneed to work in tandem
(18:43) How is AI shaping the employee experience—for better and for worse
(24:52) The question every manager should ask about work done with AI
(28:00) The real reason entitlement culture took hold (and how to fix it)
(36:38) Why “grow or go” is the future of personal job security
(40:18) Choosing to control what you can in your workplace
About Jacob Morgan
Jacob Morgan is a professionally trained futurist, keynote speaker, and the international best-selling author of 6 books which focus on leadership, the future of work, and employee experience. His passion and mission is to create future-ready leaders, employees, and organizations. Jacob is also the founder of Future of Work Leaders, a global CHRO community of the world’s top people leaders.
Learn more about Jacob Morgan and get his new book The 8 Laws of Employee Experience: How to Build a Future-Ready Organization
https://thefutureorganization.com/
About Andrea Butcher
Andrea Butcher is a visionary business leader, executive coach, and keynote speaker—she empowers leaders to gain clarity through the chaos by being MORE of who they already are. Her experiences—serving as CEO, leading at an executive level, and working in and leading global teams—make her uniquely qualified to support leadership and business success. She hosts the popular leadership podcast, Being [at Work] with a global audience of over 600,000 listeners and is the author of The Power in the Pivot (Red Thread Publishing 2022) and HR Kit for Dummies (Wiley 2023).
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