Jeremy Scrivens started his career as an HR intern. His focus was on front-end HR roles in various companies, including Commonwealth public service, Electricity Commission in Victoria, Telstra. He has facilitated work conditions between the company, employees and unions.

In 2000 he set up his business called the Emotional Economy at Work. He is interested in the concept of Flow and a strengths-based approach for improving innovation and collaboration in an organisation.

As part of his business, he is helping clients reimagine the future of work by starting with an individual and an understanding of their life’s journey.

The workforce is humanising has been a long term passion for Jeremy. In the future of work, people will be engaged with their hearts and not their heads.

There are two streams to the future of work:

Firstly the continued use of technologies to put the process and the machine at the centre. E.g. traditional call centres where technology is owned by the few for the benefit of the few. Automation can get rid of people. People are dispensable.
Secondly: the use of technology where people are at the centre. Technology augments people and enhances humanity.

Modern leaders want authentic discussions about what it means to bring the whole individual into the field of play.

What is your personal Why?

Leadership is moving from leadership hero to leadership host. The modern leader does not have to know all the answers.

If you don’t know the answer, ask your team.

Young people need to take time to discover who they are. Reach out and connect positively on social media. Work with organisations that are genuinely interested in their employees.