Hot Topics in 2023 — Leadership, Digitalisation, Workplace Culture

These are the topics that are likely to follow us everywhere in 2023:

𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗛𝗼𝘁 𝗧𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯

For us in leadership positions, there is no way around the following topics. I love the list as it shows how much the world is changing. Hot topics evolve around peoples’ well-being and environmental protection. Furthermore, companies have to work hard to attract and keep talent.

🔹 Mental Health

🔹 Diversity & Inclusion

🔹 Hybrid Working

🔹 Sustainability

🔹 War of Talents

🔹 Quiet Quitting

🔹 Digital Transformation

🔹 Economic uncertainty

𝗗𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗛𝗼𝘁 𝗧𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯

🔹 Security

🔹 Adaptable AI, generative AI, all things AI

🔹 4th Industrial Revolution to join technology, for interconnectivity and automation

🔹 Edge Computing to process data in real-time

🔹 Cloud Technology: In a more sustainable way

🔹 Autonomous Systems e.g. Warehouses

🔹 eCommerce and social media marketing

𝗩𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗛𝗼𝘁 𝗧𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯

I am very curious about how their story continues…

🔹 Quantum Computing at scale (my personal favorite)

🔹 Metaverse

🔹 Web 3.0

𝗠𝘆 𝗪𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯

For a better culture in 2023, I hope companies seek to strive for some of the following attributes if they haven't done this already:

• Build Talent and invest in your employees' development to continuously develop new skills and improve existing ones. They deserve it! This is a great way to work around the war of talents and an even better one to motivate and build up your employees to perform at their best.

• Establish a productive working environment by eliminating office politics and focusing on the topic. Leaders go first!

• Empowerment and a can-do attitude. Way too much time is wasted talking about work and how to do and plan things at the hierarchy levels. Be positive and believe that things can be done and are going to work out if you empower your teams.

• Make sure there are empathic managers in place who influence, inspire, and motivate others.

• Communication is key: Explain complex things short and simple, that way everybody understands. Communicate openly, honestly, and most importantly communicate frequently.

• Establish positive values and make a serious effort to live up to them. An organization's values provide guidance and set the tone for an effective and positive working environment. They are not just a list, they are supposed to be DNA.

• Show more kindness, compassing, understanding, and good listening skills, and treat people equally and with respect. The old days when the loudest opinion won and the real soft skills were considered weak should be long gone by now.

Last but certainly not least: People who are seeking more power, more control, and a bigger empire should be removed from positions of power.

Conflicts that arise from these intentions cannot be resolved by reasonable argument, and they will resist any change that does not benefit them.