Leaders at The Coca-Cola Company, Deloitte, Atlassian and Fosway discuss how global orgs are tackling 'Generation Numb' in new industry roundtable.
The event saw leaders examine how bold, human-centred leadership can overcome workplace cynicism and fatigue.
Bristol, UK - 23 October - Senior learning directors from The Coca-Cola Company, Deloitte, Atlassian, Fosway Group, and 8Levers joined an executive roundtable on 16th October to discuss a recent whitepaper published by the Sponge Group. The discussion explored how organisations can re-energise a workforce defined by digital saturation, chronic change, and emotional fatigue - a phenomenon Sponge has termed Generation Numb.
The conversation brought together experts from across industries to discuss how high-performing brands are confronting widespread disengagement and rethinking people enablement for a new era of uncertainty.
Hosted by Myles Runham, Senior Analyst at the Fosway Group, the session built on insights from Sponge’s latest whitepaper, Mobilising Generation Numb: Why high-performing brands are rethinking people enablement.
Combined, the panel is responsible audiences of well over a million learners. Together, they explored what it takes for leaders to tap into human motives and emotions at scale – in pursuit of increasing demands for pace and re-invention in their organisations.
Key discussion themes included:
- How digital overload and constant change drive workforce detachment.
- Leaders’ role in creating the time, trust, and space for people to perform.
- The importance of analogue connection to combat digital overwhelm.
- Purposeful friction and boldness from the top that rebuild energy and trust.
The roundtable marks the next phase of Sponge’s ongoing exploration into the future of people enablement, following the release of the Mobilising Generation Numb whitepaper last month.
Watch the roundtable recording here.
Read the whitepaper here.