Ep. 406: "Prove That Value" – FM Innovation & Making Your Invisible Work More Visible with Alexander Wennerberg of Hives.co
About this episode
Alexander Wennerberg discusses the importance of making invisible work visible in facility management and empowering employees to drive innovation.
Alexander Wennerberg is CEO & Founder at Hives.co where he is passionate about helping organizations tap into their teams' best ideas and turn them into real improvements. Mike Petrusky asks Alexander why he believes that innovation is most effective when it empowers those closest to workplace problems to propose and implement solutions, rather than relying solely on top-down initiatives. They explore how facility management and real estate teams should focus on making their "invisible" work more visible, so they are recognized as value drivers rather than cost centers. Alexander says that organizations should treat workplaces as ongoing experiments, valuing continuous feedback from those who use the space rather than just executives and AI should be used to organize and surface employee feedback, not replace the genuine human observations and experiences that drive workplace progress. Successful change management treats employees as active participants rather than passive recipients while it encourages engagement and trust, so Mike and Alexander offer the practical advice and the inspiration you need to be a Workplace Innovator in your organization! Connect with Alexander on…
People in this episode
Host: Mike Petrusky
Guest: Alexander Wennerberg
Topics covered
- FM Innovation
- Employee Experience
- Workplace Problems
- Change Management
- Feedback
- Facility Management
Keywords
- employee feedback
- workplace innovation
- facility management
- real estate
- change management
- continuous improvement
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Hives.co
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