Three Questions to Quickly Gauge Employee Motivation
In our previous articles, we’ve covered how Vision can be your employee’s guidepost for making decisions and how executive teams can align their strategy with their vision. Now it’s time…
5 Ways Executive Teams Can Align Strategy with Vision
If you are clear on the big mistake that most Executive teams are making, you know that leaders are their most effective when they use the company’s mission and vision statement to make every informed decision- and they encourage employees to do the same. This type of Vision-based decision-making process begins to align the company’s culture to pursue a common goal. So how else can you make sure everyone is working towards the same purpose? (more…)
The Big Mistake Executive Teams are Making
Most Executive Teams assume that employees are connected to the company’s vision statement because it’s shared in Town Halls and on intranet documents. But the big mistake that Executive Teams make is assuming that employees know how to apply that vision statement to how they communicate, collaborate, and make decisions daily.
PlayTank Just Got Way More Valuable for HR Professionals
Team Ziksana put our superhero capes and thinking caps on to take our beloved PlayTank to a new level this June. We partnered with Protector Brewery to bring a not-so-ordinary…
Top 3 Things We Learned at Playtank
Ziksana’s March PlayTank event, “Developing Creative Teams and Cultures,” was another fantastic success! We were honored to host a diverse group of professionals for an evening of exploration, networking, and…
Building Trust at Work Through Play
“Trust is not a default. It is work and it is intentional. It is structured and it is disciplined.” Rex Miller , Author & Culture Change Expert
“We need to build trust in your team to get more done.” Perhaps you’ve heard your Leader say this at some point. It’s easy to say, but hard to do. And you’re not alone.
According to PwC’s Annual Global CEO survey, in 2017, across industries, levels of distrust at work have climbed to 55%. And CEOs aren’t the only ones feeling the tension: one in three employees surveyed don’t trust their manager.
Team Ziksana at Wonder Spaces
Exactly two weeks ago, Team Ziksana bonded at Wonder Spaces, a pop-up art exhibit in San Diego.
Our play goal: to inspire our sense of wonder and awe, and to spend time connecting with each other.
Our productivity goal: to find new ways to connect people and think about work and play differently. To do so, we took time to actively reflect on how we can connect our new learnings to the work that we do.
We are constantly exploring AND integrating what we learn to the work that we do – for YOU!
Office Design for the Future of Work
Team Ziksana moved! We are actively using our new office design to improve productivity and workflow. We’ve learned that face-to-face interactions and spontaneous conversations are important to productivity. HBR data suggests that chance encounters and unplanned interactions improve performance. We recognize that office space is a strategic tool for growth because a well-designed workspace serves as a communication tool that can promote exploration, engagement, and energy.
In this short video tour, Team Ziksana’s President, Akshay Sateesh, invites you to take an inside look into our progress and process for office design:
Culture of Innovation at Intuit
“At Intuit, it’s everyone’s job to innovate.” This comment about Intuit from Glassdoor describes the culture of innovation I experienced a few weeks ago at Intuit in San Diego perfectly.…
Your Brain on Creative Arts
To develop leaders, executive teams can implement the creative arts at work to train employees to embody a playful mindset for a more activated company corporate culture. For companies facing an uncertain future or dealing with a tricky, incipient problem, embracing the creative process at work is just what your company needs. The creative arts – defined as theater, dance, art, or music – train employees to embody a playful mindset– to be curious, to ask open-ended questions, and to see the big picture, all which fuel productivity.
