1176: How to Stay Effective Amidst Chaos with Melissa Swift

Melissa Swift shares strategies for navigating the chaos of the modern workplace more effectively.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) The four trends making work feel more intense and chaotic

2) How to hone in on what makes you effective

3) Two critical questions to ask in the face of chaos

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— ABOUT MELISSA —

Melissa Swift is a leading voice on how organizations, teams, and individuals can succeed in an ever-more challenging world of work. As founder and CEO of Anthrome Insight, she is a practicing consultant and keynote speaker. She has held consulting leadership roles at Capgemini, Mercer, Korn Ferry, and Deloitte. She is also the author of Work Here Now: Think Like a Human and Build a Powerhouse Workplace (Wiley, 2023).

Her quarterly columns in MIT Sloan Management Review often rank among their most-read articles. Swift speaks regularly at events, including the MIT CIO Symposium, and has been quoted on the subject in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, NPR, Newsweek, The Economist, The Washington Post, Axios, and more.

Throughout her career, Swift has pioneered techniques to reshape organizations for digital and workforce transformation, leading breakthrough projects across industries ranging from manufacturing to professional services to biotech to consumer goods. She earned her B.A. from Harvard University and her MBA from Columbia Business School.

• Book: Effective: How to Do Great Work in a Fast-Changing World

• LinkedIn: Melissa Swift

• Website: AnthromeInsight.com

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Database: O*ONET

• Study: “Work intensification: Towards mapping the study field and defining a research agenda” by Ana Heloísa da Costa Lemos, Waleska Yone Yamakawa Zavatti Campos, and Marcelo Quintão

• Book: The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson

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