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Cultivating The Experience Of Dignity At Work During Digital

Bonisiwe Shabane
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cultivating the experience of dignity at work during digital

Professor of Management, Pepperdine Graziadio Business School & President, Groves Consulting Group, LLC My colleagues (Jaclyn Margolis & Cristina Gibson) and I are pleased to share our recently published article on how leaders and organizations can prioritize the dignity of their employees during digital transformation. We provide practical strategies to executives, management teams, HR professionals, and other leaders for protecting and proactively cultivating the experience of dignity as digital transformation technologies reshape our organizations and the employee experience. We welcome your feedback, comments, or reactions, and hope you enjoy the read! https://lnkd.in/gxKQYgRJ Agency Owner | SaaS CRO | Podcast Host | YouTube GasBag | Father of Teenagers | Building Inbound Lead Machines through Content Authority...SEO GEO

This is outstanding Kevin S. Groves, Ph.D., always thorough and thoughtful. What if your job learned with you instead of against you? The position serves as the platform. The human is the evolving algorithm. And the system learns both without blame — only rhythm.

We’re living through a quiet crisis in corporate America. Call it the “salaryman syndrome,” systematic burnout, or the slow erosion of workplace dignity — the symptoms are everywhere. Employees trapped in rigid role definitions that never quite fit. Managers drowning in escalations and fire-fighting. Executives making panic decisions based on incomplete, urgent information. Imposter syndrome running rampant because systems demand perfection while providing inadequate support.

But what if the problem isn’t human inadequacy? What if it’s system design? What if, instead of forcing humans to conform to inflexible corporate structures, we designed organizations that learn and adapt to human rhythms? What if we treated employees not as cogs in a machine, but as evolving algorithms that get smarter, more capable, and more valuable over time? The nature of work is evolving, and with it, the expectations employees hold for their employers. Beyond fair compensation, there is a growing recognition that the quality of the work experience itself – particularly the degree to which it upholds workplace dignity – is paramount.

An editorial in The Guardian recently underscored this shift, advocating for enhanced employment rights in the UK as a means to foster workplace dignity, arguing that respectful and secure work environments are beneficial not... This perspective challenges purely cost-focused views of labor, suggesting that investing in worker dignity yields significant returns in productivity and well-being. This report delves into the multifaceted concept of workplace dignity, exploring its fundamental components and its profound impact on employee well-being, business productivity, and broader economic outcomes. Drawing on academic research, international labor standards (like the ILO's Decent Work agenda), and the context provided by proposed legislative changes like the UK's Employment Rights Bill, this analysis aims to provide a comprehensive... For organizations like BRNSFT, committed to enhancing productivity and well-being, understanding and cultivating workplace dignity is not merely an ethical consideration but a strategic imperative for sustainable success in the modern economy. Workplace dignity represents the worth that individuals recognize in themselves and that is recognized by others, acquired through the act of engaging in work.1 While rooted in the fundamental concept of human dignity –...

Academic literature identifies several key dimensions that constitute workplace dignity: Inherent Dignity (Recognition of Human Value & Respect): This foundational element stems from the Kantian principle of treating individuals as ends in themselves, not merely as means to an end.1 It involves recognizing the...

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