Who Is the New How

7A Human‐Centric Workforce

We believe that businesses thrive when work is a source of fulfillment for employees, and fulfillment emerges when great teams come together for meaningful work and growth. Fulfillment, meaningful work, and growth are personal benchmarks; they mean different things to different people. As a result, many companies chase their tails trying to be all things to all people. But what if the solution is less, not more? As in, what if companies focused in on the one universal thing that underpins those benchmarks?

Whether you call the recent tectonic shifts in our job market the Great Resignation or the Great Reshuffling, they reflect widespread disenchantment with the role work plays in our lives. That disenchantment is as bad for business as it is for people. If we're going to solve this problem, jobs need to meet the aspirations of people as much as people need to meet the requirements of jobs. So much emphasis is put on the latter that the aspirations of people often get lost in the shuffle.

Aspirations are what get us up in the morning and keep us up at night. They're what drive our attitudes, behaviors, and outputs. Imagine if a candidate's aspirations were taken into account during the hiring process. In addition to assessing a candidate's skills and background, their goals and dreams could also be used to not just evaluate the right fit, but the right growth trajectory. Who can this person become within this role? Does that align with where both the ...