~ July 16, 2020  ~
Special Issue: Worker Voice

The Covid-19 pandemic has made the importance of essential workers clearer than ever. As part of a new series by Aspen BSP that focuses on the Next Move for business to #buildbackbetter, this week we spotlight one of the fundamental challenges facing business during this pandemic -- how to transform statements about the importance of workers into concrete action.
Spotlight
FUTURE OF WORK
The Aspen Institute Business & Society Program

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FUTURE OF WORK
The Atlantic: Annie Lowrey

Most Americans agree that workers "deserve a formal voice in setting workplace health and safety rules." What will it take for them to get it?
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TALENT MANAGEMENT
Duke's Fuqua School of Business

Employee input is instrumental to an organization's culture and bottom line: How can leaders encourage workers to speak up? (also see The Main Reasons Employees Don't Speak Their Mind at Work)
SPECIAL CONTENT
The Aspen Institute Business & Society Program

How can companies ensure that worker voices are no longer discounted or drowned out, but seen as valuable inputs? Join Aspen's Business & Society Program July 21, 2020 @ 2:00 PM ET as we bring business and labor leaders together to discuss this and other critical issues around worker voice, with:

Jim Keane, President & CEO, Steelcase
Carmen Rojas, President & CEO, Marguerite Casey Foundation
Ellen McGirt, Senior Editor at Fortune Magazine, Moderator


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TALENT MANAGEMENT
Progressive Grocer: Gina Acosta

When it comes to building sustainable worker health, well-being and opportunities, what (exactly) is a company to do?
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FUTURE OF CAPITALISM
Newsweek: Michael Clyne

How can workers play a positive role in new policies that address the problems of Covid-19, inequality and the broader economy?
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FUTURE OF WORK
MIT Institute for Work and Employment Research: Thomas A. Kochan

What do workers want, and how can giving it to them make companies and the economy "more inclusive, resilient, safe, productive, and equitable in the future"?
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