17. Before Escaping...
71% want to do work with more purpose
61% say they didn't actively choose their career path
50% want to work for themselves
After Escaping...
x2 (twice) as likely to feel they're making a positive impact
59% more likely to feel happy and healthy in their job
66% more likely to feel autonomous at work
18. Escape’s Vision:
A future where work powers a happier
and more sustainable world.
Let’s wake-up the working world!
19. How to Escape?
1. Define Success for Yourself
2. Do it Together
3. Take Small Steps
20.
21. 1. There are more and more
exciting opportunities at
forward–thinking
organisations
23. 3. Social media means
aspirations and
expectations
are evolving
24.
25. All code is open–
sourced
Case study: Buffer & Radical Transparency
100% transparent
salaries
A public financial
dashboard
A public equity
calculator
A breakdown of
where payment
goes
Every email is
public within the
team
28. We’re helping the world wake
up to what work should look
like.
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Editor's Notes
Other than sleeping, there is nothing you will spend more of your life doing.
230,000 - sleep
32,000 - eating
37,000 - sleeping
90,000 - working
28,000 - online
80,000 - Watching TV
10,000 - Cleaning
Career Success Check-list:
Job Title/ID
Salary
House
Career Trajectory
Holidays
Soho House Membership
How he actually felt about his ‘success’:
Frustrated
Bored
Imposter
Falling behind
No time
Lonely/disconnected
Living for Saturdays
Generally Unhappy
What Deepak did:
Connected with Escape
Joined a Tribe
Re-defined success for himself
Connected with others who were doing the same
Acting on these new criteria in small ways…
about 'the population'):
Before making an escape:
71% want to do work with more purpose
61% say they didn't actively choose their career path
50% want to work for themselves
After making a change, escapees are:
x2 (twice) as likely to feel they're making a positive contribution to the world
59% more likely to feel happy and healthy in their job
66% more likely to feel autonomous at work
VOICEOVER: these are just a handful of the types of companies advertising on Escape and other job boards, who are doing things differently. What do we mean by ‘forward-thinking’? It can mean different things to different organisations, but it’s about people and meaning being at the heart of things:
"The greatest competitive advantage is to allow your employees to be part of something bigger than what you're doing" - Blake Mycoskie, TOMs
“The best businesses are really ones that can combine passion, profits, and purpose.” - Tony Hsieh, Zappos
FIND ONE MORE
Resources like Upwork are available
Programmes like Remote Year
And it’s being built into workplace norms in orgs like Buffer
Showing the very real possibilities of:- location independence- flexible working- starting up- doing work that’s meaningful and impactful and still making money- doing multiple jobs/projects- being accepted and supported in doing something out of the ordinary
Basically, it’s very possible, and it’s not a hardship. The role models and resources are all there. Exposure to this means the idea of ‘normal’ is starting to follow suit.
ASK THE ROOM.
Some suggestions:
EVOLVING ASPIRATIONS changing definitions of success?
EXPONENTIAL TECHNOLOGY changing the way we work?
INSTITUTIONAL CHALLENGES changing the way we organise ourselves?
Buffer: Radical Transparency
Buffer are a real thought leader in this space, they have a blog documenting all of their efforts to create a 21st Century work environment. They have completely done away with a permanent office (granted they are relatively small team, but an interesting move nonetheless) and have an auto cc for any email sent between two Buffer employees, as well as having completely transparent salaries. To read more about Buffer’s journey, check out their blog here: https://open.buffer.com/?utm_source=blog&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=nav-open