Igniting enthusiasm for a thriving workplace
If you’ve ever had the chance to attend a speech by Dr. Joe Perez, you’ll remember that tickling sensation of enthusiasm and inspiration – but how can you translate this spark into meaningful teaching, mentoring, and coaching?
The workforce in the tech and IT sectors has seen great turmoil in the past few years. High optimism was followed by huge waves of layoffs and salary plateaus in the wake of the pandemic phases. Since then, recruiting new talent and retaining their workforce while increasing productivity has become a major business challenge for companies attempting to keep up with speedy AI innovation cycles. Job listings that require AI and ML skills are constantly on the rise, and the question now is how these skills can be acquired. Many employees expect their company to provide them with opportunities to upskill, but we don’t see a significant increase in training investment. Although the numbers recovered after the pandemic-induced drop, they appear to have stagnated this year.
In addition, employee mindsets have changed – fueled partly by experiences during the pandemic and partly by the growing share of Millennials entering the workforce. Their craving for work–life balance and flexibility is driving employers’ policies and recruiting strategies today.
Many business leaders struggle to come up with a sound strategy to combine effective training, work–life balance, and creating a thriving hybrid workplace where employees take ownership of their tasks.
Dr. Joe Perez has been an educator and data enthusiast throughout his entire professional career. He travels the world – often with his wife Dianna – to speak about how companies can establish effective strategies to improve their workplaces, drive educational initiatives, and motivate their employees in a long-lasting fashion. Encouraged by many of his followers on social channels and podcasts, he recently finished writing his second book (published in March 2024), in which he summarises his many concepts and frameworks to help companies across the industries equip themselves with skilled and motivated data enthusiasts. We had the opportunity to attend his extraordinary keynote at the Data Management Lab event in Prague, hosted by The ThinkLinkers, where we interviewed him on this exciting topic.
