The Value of Worker Voice & More Ideas Worth Teaching

~ 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.

FUTURE OF WORK

The Next Move: Raising Worker Voice

The Aspen Institute Business & Society Program

Because workers have more to contribute than just their time: What's the next move business leaders should make to integrate worker concerns and insights into decision-making processes? For more on worker voice, see:

YouTube's Factory Workers Are Angry

What is Employee Voice and Why Is It Important?

Inside the Legal Issues of Workers Wearing Black Lives Matter Masks

A New Focus on Employee and Stakeholder Engagement

How Twitter Is Shifting the Power Balance from Companies to Their Employees

Hourly Employees Should be Represented on Walmart's Board of Directors

FUTURE OF WORK

Workers Need at Least the Power to Protect Themselves

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?

TALENT MANAGEMENT

The Value of Employee Voice As Firms Address Racism, Inequality

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

Webinar July 21

The Next Move: The Value of Worker Voice

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

Learn more and register here!

TALENT MANAGEMENT

The New Sustainable Workforce

Progressive Grocer: Gina Acosta

When it comes to building sustainable worker health, well-being and opportunities, what (exactly) is a company to do?

FUTURE OF CAPITALISM

Capitalism Must Prioritize the Dignity of Labor

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?

FUTURE OF WORK

Worker Voice, Representation, and Implications for Public Policies

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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