Keynote: Workplace Connection & Community.
summary
Product Madness describes concrete steps that strengthen connection across 800 employees in seven global studios: regular engagement surveys, focus groups, one-to-ones, virtual and in-person events, weekly Town Halls and monthly All Hands, an operational leadership team meeting fortnightly, and experiments like Zoom-free Wednesday and 30-minute meetings plus gifted days off. The company codifies culture into five core elements — stories, language, symbols, rituals, ambassadors — builds a Vortex of Madness logo and learner pin badges, and reports these moves sustain community through uncertainty.
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chapters (11)
- 0:00Workplace connection intro
- 2:30Two years of uncertainty
- 6:44Growing through disruption
- 8:29Five core connection elements
- 9:34Stories across boundaries
- 10:41Guiding principles
- 12:08Branding symbolism
- 13:12Workplace rituals
- 14:39Ambassadors as guardians
- 16:04Post-pandemic approach
- 17:12Q&A
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