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Melissa Swift shares strategies for navigating the chaos of the modern workplace more effectively.

Melissa Swift shares strategies for navigating the chaos of the modern workplace more effectively.   — YOU’LL LEARN —  1) The four trends making work feel more intense and chaotic 2) How to hone in on what makes you effective 3) Two critical questions to ask in the face of chaos Subscribe or visit   AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep1176  for clickable versions of the links below.  — ABOUT MELISSA —  Melissa Swift is a leading voice on how organizations, teams, and individuals can succeed in an ever-more challenging world of work. As founder and CEO of Anthrome Insight , she is a practicing consultant and keynote speaker. She has held consulting leadership roles at Capgemini, Mercer, Korn Ferry, and Deloitte. She is also the author of Work Here Now: Think Like a Human and Build a Powerhouse Workplace (Wiley, 2023). Her quarterly columns in MIT Sloan Management Review often rank among their most-read articles. Swift speaks regularly at events, including the MIT CIO Symposium, and has been quoted on the subject in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, NPR, Newsweek, The Economist, The Washington Post, Axios , and more. Throughout her career, Swift has…

People in this episode

Host: How to be Awesome at Your Job

Guest: Melissa Swift

Topics covered

• workplace chaos
• effectiveness
• organizational strategies
• consulting
• digital transformation

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Anthrome Insight, Capgemini, Mercer, Korn Ferry, Deloitte, MIT Sloan Management Review, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, NPR, Newsweek

Books & works: Work Here Now: Think Like a Human and Build a Powerhouse Workplace

Places: Harvard University, Columbia Business School

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