I agree but the level of comfort and entitlement I am watching in the workplace needs to be addressed if we ever intend to carry our weight as a commercial country in the future.
I have been lucky to travel in my worklife (not always enjoy or actually get to see, but travel) and the thing that always strikes me is the differences between cultures.
(probably all terrible generalisations)
I go to Australia and New Zealand to run training or sessions and the people act differently but with focus and interest.
I go to Japan and there is a strict interest and attention, however if they did not understand they would not say or ask.
I go to South Korea and to be blunt there was little I could teach them and they were brilliantly engaged and really intense.
I cannot even get decent attendance for the same sessions with partners in the UK.
It was not just a sales pitch. The session is based on how we designed the largest single WiFi installation in the UK for an NHS Trust and what it had done to improve staff experience. It should have been gold for them.
Samsung/Hyundai wins.
Yet I have a new member of staff that leaves after a week because the role (first job/intern) does not match their life goals or give them enough variety. That's a laugh, be bad at five things instead of one. But they deserve that level of respect apparently.
Where is my soft spot on the wall, I have some banging to do.
Last edited by Alistair; 13/04/23 12:41 PM.
