Jess Kutch: What productive conflict can offer a workplace
Jess Kutch: Les avantages du conflit productif au travail
TED Fellow Jess Kutch is the cofounder of Coworker.org, a nonprofit that helps people join together to improve their jobs and workplaces. Full bio
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an organization called coworker.org
nommée coworker.org
to help people join with coworkers
les gens à s'associer à des collègues
in the workplace.
de leur environnement de travail.
of reactions to what I do.
deux types de réactions.
about what organizing is.
sur ce que signifie « organiser ».
what I do and I told him,
et que je lui ai répondu,
like, Marie Kondo-style.
à la mode de Marie Kondo.
I could use some of that around here.
j'en aurais bien besoin ici aussi.
our patient files."
de mes patients. »
it's not that kind of organizing,
ce n'était pas ce type de rangement.
au bureau demain matin
to work tomorrow
had gotten together
ensemble
avant de devenir silencieux.
the second kind of reaction:
de la conversation
from the conversation
à qui parler.
to tell me a story.
or a coworker or a friend
ou un collègue, ou un ami
épouvantable au travail.
a neutral response to what I do.
à mon travail ne sont jamais neutres.
a lightning bolt of excitement.
une vague d’enthousiasme.
such strong reactions?
des réactions fortes ?
le conflit en est la cause.
dans votre travail,
or a senior leader of some kind,
with that power being challenged.
vous mettra mal à l’aise.
who lacks it and needs it,
mais en a besoin,
and shake me, you're so pumped.
et m’embrasser.
from understanding
un avantage en comprenant
nous offrir au travail.
in our workplace is real,
au travail est un fait
depending on our roles and status.
selon nos rôles et statuts.
like office politics, right?
de la politique de bureau, n’est-ce pas ?
en y ayant bien réfléchi
for power thoughtfully
to you all about today,
some of us uncomfortable.
with policies and decisions,
et décisions par leurs salariés,
our commitment to each other.
les uns vis-à-vis des autres.
"productive conflict"?
par « conflit positif » ?
vous raconter une histoire.
for an outdoor retailer --
d'un magasin de sports,
and asked for a raise.
une augmentation.
was fairly standard for her position
dans la moyenne pour sa position
the authority to give such a raise.
pour lui concéder une augmentation.
the end of the conversation.
to create a campaign on coworker.org,
de créer une campagne avec coworker.org
to give raises to store employees.
pour tous les vendeurs.
from around the country
de tout le pays
and sharing their own stories
leur propre histoire
was impacting their lives.
that they had quit recently
qu'ils venaient de quitter leur travail
qui payait mieux.
that they didn't want to quit,
ne pas vouloir quitter leur entreprise
in the company's mission,
et aimaient leur travail.
was a growing problem in their work lives.
était devenue un problème.
of employee activism,
une augmentation salariale
in cities across the country.
dans toutes les villes du pays.
by productive conflict:
that aren't working for us
qui ne nous conviennent pas
pour avancer.
in doing this work
in productive conflict
and their coworkers.
et à ses collègues.
dans les pires lieux de travail
the worst workplaces,
employee activism on our site,
sur notre site.
we can accomplish great things.
nous pouvons accomplir de grandes choses.
by employees there
organisées par les employés,
to legitimate safety concerns.
au code vestimentaire ou à la sécurité.
the lowest voluntary turnover rate
de démissions le plus bas
grandes chaînes du secteur.
productivity rates as well.
taux de productivité.
you shouldn't fear conflict,
ne craignez pas le conflit
in your workforce.
chez vos employés.
that can be difficult to manage,
des incertitudes difficiles à gérer.
to tell you something
de vous dire quelque chose
that needs your attention.
qui requiert toute votre attention.
especially important right now,
prégnant maintenant,
transforms nearly everyone's job
le travail de pratiquement tout le monde
that contain our work
qui encadrent notre travail
since the Industrial Revolution.
depuis la révolution industrielle.
and participating in the future of work.
et participer à l'avenir du travail.
and changing the parts of our work lives
de nos vies professionnelles
a coworker invites you
qu'un collègue vous invitera
letter to your boss,
adressée à votre chef
sollicitera une réunion
about the new health care plan,
sur la nouvelle mutuelle,
environnement de travail,
positif pour tous.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Jess Kutch - Labor entrepreneurTED Fellow Jess Kutch is the cofounder of Coworker.org, a nonprofit that helps people join together to improve their jobs and workplaces.
Why you should listen
Jess Kutch and her team at Coworker.org are figuring out the technology, organizing models, financing and policies that can help workers improve their companies and industries in today’s economy. At Coworker.org, they believe anyone can be a workplace organizer and that seeking positive change at work is a form of civic and community leadership that requires infrastructure. Since 2013, hundreds of thousands of people in the United States and worldwide have used Coworker.org tools and services to win wage increases, scheduling improvements and parental leave benefits; end biased dress codes; fix harassment policies; demand corporate ethics and much more. Coworker.org also helps channel workers' information about the real-time effects of digital economy trends -- like automation, data profiting, surveillance and app-based gig work -- to influence decisions that will shape the future of work and inequality.
Kutch has 15 years of experience innovating at the intersection of technology and social change. Previously, she led a team at Change.org that inspired hundreds of thousands of people to launch and lead their own efforts on the platform. She also spent five years at the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), where she pioneered digital strategies for the labor movement. Kutch is a TED Fellow, an Echoing Green Global Fellow, a J.M.K. Innovation Prize winner and an Aspen Institute Job Quality Fellow. She is a frequently requested speaker at business, labor, futurist, democracy and economic conferences around the world. She has been invited to provide expert testimony to the EEOC Task Force on Harassment in the Workplace and the National Labor Relations Board. In 2015, Coworker.org cohosted the first-ever White House Town Hall on Worker Voice.
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