It’s hard to ignore the pandemic's impact on the increase of distributed workplaces, whether companies chose to institute hybrid or fully-remote work. But while remote-first workplaces have offered many benefits for both employers and employees, they've also brought challenges to teams’ connectivity, collaboration, and psychological safety.

As we head into 2023, organizations now face a new challenge: with an uncertain economy and labor market, they have to set up  a standard for flexible work in a way that balances business outcomes with employee expectations. In today’s episode, we’re going to look at some of the ways DEI can support psychological safety for employees in 2023 and beyond.

Here’s what we’ll cover in today’s episode: 

• Key post-pandemic work trends (and what this means for DEI) 
• The key challenges for psychological safety within distributed teams 
• Supporting psychological safety for DEI practitioners (and why it matters) 
• Examples of good practice to build psychological safety in distributed workforces

In This Episode

[1:16] Which major themes around work culture, DEI and talent retention did we observe in our 2023 whitepaper?

[10:54] What challenges have presented themselves with the rise of remote work in 2022?

[13:03] Why does the tech industry have the capacity to shape all future workplaces?

[17:48] The benefits of doubling down on creating a psychologically safe environment for distributed teams and what that looks like in practice

[25:23] Why lone DEI practitioners cannot be the only solution for all marginalized experiences in the workplace

Links:

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