Aug 4, 2020
Are you practicing employee engagement in your business? Is the system that you are currently using in your business working on your employees or does it need a significant change? Are you ready to adapt to the new mobile world?
Matt Spriegel is originally from the US but moved to China 10 years ago. Matt's very passionate about continuous education, and then outside of work, he enjoys tennis, triathlons, and travel. He is the co-founder of ATIOM, an application that aims to make employee engagement and training fun and accessible through the use of technology.
In this episode, Matt shares the significance of having good employee engagement in your business and how it can have an effect on your employee’s productivity and creativity in the workspace. He adds how adapting to the current technological state we are in can help improve the current system of your business for employee engagement.
What you will learn from this episode:
“Build a community and process of learning within the organization. Learning brings people together, increases creativity through the collective, and it gives people a sense of progress, confidence, and growth internally. But it also gives them the sense like they're contributing to themselves and the company.”
- Matt Spriegel
Topics Covered:
1:16 - Matt defines his ideal client
2:11 - Problems that Matt solves for his clients: Employee engagement and everyday learning gamification
2:35 - Lack of employee engagement can really damage their organization from the inside out, why employee engagement is important before realizing it too late
3:48 - We see a lot of desktop learning management systems that try to adapt clunky frameworks to a mobile device. And over and over, we see it does not work, how adaptation is a key for success in that area
5:02 - Matt’s valuable free action: “I'd say build a community and process of learning within the organization. Learning brings people together, increases creativity through the collective, and it gives people a sense of progress, confidence, and growth internally, but you know, also gives them the sense like they're contributing to themselves and the company.”
5:33 - Matt’s Valuable Free Resource: Go to www.atiom.cn (for those in China) or www.atiom.app (for those outside China)
6:29 - Book alert: Atomic Habits by James Clear
7:30 - Question: How did you get your company to where it is there? How did you start the company?
Key Takeaways:
“Many companies are actually lagging behind on the internal digital transformation. So while marketing is often an excellent activity, you know, we are missing the chance to build real advocacy from the inside. Providing employees a space to learn at their own pace is extremely critical to building this advocacy and to maintain their top talent.” - Matt Spriegel
“A lot of companies don't realize that a lack of employee engagement can really damage their organization from the inside out. Often, companies don't know the true cost of having disengaged employees until it's actually too late.” - Matt Spriegel
“I'd say build a community and process of learning within the organization. Learning brings people together, increases creativity through the collective, and it gives people a sense of progress, confidence, and growth internally, but you know, also gives them the sense like they're contributing to themselves and the company.” - Matt Spriegel
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