Community Is the New Buzzword—But We’re Doing It Wrong
About this episode
David Rice discusses the misconceptions of community building in the workplace with Jessie Jacob.
Most companies say they’re building community. What they often mean is: they launched a Slack channel no one reads, hosted an event with a neon sign and a DJ, watched people post about it on Instagram, and called the whole thing a success. Meanwhile, the people in the room never actually connected. In this episode, David sits down with Jessie Jacob, Culture First Community Manager at Culture Amp, to unpack why relational atrophy is becoming one of the defining workplace problems of the AI era...
People in this episode
Host: David Rice
Guest: Jessie Jacob
Topics covered
- community building
- workplace culture
- AI impact
- relational atrophy
- employee engagement
Keywords
- community
- workplace
- AI
- Culture Amp
- relational atrophy
- employee connection
- business culture
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Culture Amp
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