Jess Kutch: What productive conflict can offer a workplace
Jess Kutch: O que o conflito produtivo pode oferecer ao ambiente de trabalho
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
de uma organização chamada coworker.org,
to help people join with coworkers
pessoas a se unirem com seus colegas
in the workplace.
nos ambientes de trabalho.
of reactions to what I do.
about what organizing is.
sobre o que eu "organizo".
what I do and I told him,
o que eu fazia, e eu disse,
like, Marie Kondo-style.
ao estilo Marie Kondo.
I could use some of that around here.
estou precisando disso aqui.
as pastas dos meus pacientes".
our patient files."
it's not that kind of organizing,
esse tipo de organização.
to work tomorrow
chegasse pra trabalhar,
do consultório tivessem se reunido
had gotten together
e então ficou caladinho.
the second kind of reaction:
from the conversation
se retiram da conversa
Nós precisamos disso!"
to tell me a story.
a me contar uma história.
or a coworker or a friend
de um emprego, ou um colega,
por algo difícil no trabalho.
a neutral response to what I do.
ao que faço nunca é neutra.
a lightning bolt of excitement.
such strong reactions?
incita reações tão fortes?
com a questão do conflito.
or a senior leader of some kind,
with that power being challenged.
com o poder sendo desafiado.
who lacks it and needs it,
ou conhece alguém que não tem e precisa,
and shake me, you're so pumped.
abraçar, fica a mil.
from understanding
nos beneficiar se entendermos
ao nosso ambiente de trabalho.
in our workplace is real,
em nossos empregos é real,
depending on our roles and status.
dependendo de nossos cargos e status.
like office politics, right?
política no escritório, não?
for power thoughtfully
o poder com consciência
to you all about today,
some of us uncomfortable.
alguns de nós desconfortáveis.
with policies and decisions,
com políticas e decisões,
our commitment to each other.
nosso compromisso uns com os outros.
"productive conflict"?
com "conflito produtivo"?
for an outdoor retailer --
varejista de artigos de aventura,
and asked for a raise.
was fairly standard for her position
era padrão para seu cargo,
the authority to give such a raise.
para lhe dar tal aumento.
the end of the conversation.
to create a campaign on coworker.org,
criar uma campanha no coworker.org
to give raises to store employees.
um aumento para os funcionários de loja.
funcionários de todo o país
from around the country
and sharing their own stories
sobre quanto ganhavam,
was impacting their lives.
that they had quit recently
que tinham se demitido recentemente
que pagavam melhor.
that they didn't want to quit,
que não queriam ter saído,
in the company's mission,
acreditavam na missão da empresa,
was a growing problem in their work lives.
na vida profissional.
of employee activism,
de ativismo dos funcionários,
in cities across the country.
com conflito produtivo:
by productive conflict:
that aren't working for us
que não funcionam para nós
in doing this work
em conflito produtivo
in productive conflict
com seu trabalho e seus colegas.
and their coworkers.
the worst workplaces,
os piores trabalhos,
employee activism on our site,
we can accomplish great things.
podemos realizar grandes coisas.
by employees there
de seus funcionários no site,
to legitimate safety concerns.
até assuntos legítimos de segurança.
the lowest voluntary turnover rate
a menor taxa de rotação voluntária
productivity rates as well.
taxas de produtividade.
you shouldn't fear conflict,
não temam o conflito
in your workforce.
that can be difficult to manage,
com as quais possa ser difícil lidar,
to tell you something
te dizer uma coisa
that needs your attention.
que precisa de sua atenção.
especially important right now,
especialmente importante agora
transforms nearly everyone's job
o trabalho de quase todos
that contain our work
que contêm nosso trabalho
since the Industrial Revolution.
desde a Revolução Industrial.
and participating in the future of work.
e participar dele.
and changing the parts of our work lives
as partes de nossa vida profissional
a coworker invites you
que um colega chamar
letter to your boss,
pedir uma reunião
about the new health care plan,
sobre o novo plano de saúde,
uma oportunidade
de trabalho melhor,
que funcione para todos nós.
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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