What if we treated our employee experience like it was a performance?

(You didn’t think we made this a variety show for nothing, did you?)

On this episode, influencer and author Dennis Wakabayashi takes to the BOOST stage to share all about how his experience at Expo 2020 Dubai changed the way he thinks about creating experiences for employees. Dennis shares not only his incredible stories from Dubai, but also his tactical takeaways for how you can implement storytelling in your EX strategies, celebrate employees in creative ways, and how corporations can start thinking of “the needs of the few”, first.

On with the show!

Additional Resources:

54 Gamification Stats

How Gamification in Training Works

Expo 2020 Dubai

Dennis’ website

Key Takeaways:

The importance of creating employee-facing content that is “edutaining” How to create a business model that is intentionally story-driven What a good corporate culture looks like

Things to listen for:

[3:55 ] Why we should care about Expo 2020 Dubai

[5:40 ] This is how “edutainment” is done well

[8:22 ] Why Dennis leads his team with storytelling

[10:43 ] How great customer experiences translate to great employee experiences

[12:31 ] Applying the philosophy of “personas” to the employee experience

[14:37 ] How to change your employee experience alongside your employees

[17:16 ] Introducing “renewable energy” in the form of mental health and spirituality to your employee toolkit

[19:41 ] The effect of the gig economy on employee expectations