PowHERhouse Fall 2017 | Page 38

An Open Concept for Corporate Canada

Teach Me

by Julia McElgunn,

Geologist & Career Innovator

An organization providing a work culture that supports open, strong, insightful conversations and vulnerability sets up its people to reach heights that shift paradigms.

Many working environments across North America remain corporate structures steeped in a rigid old fashion where business happens behind closed doors.  Decisions are masked and employees feel distant from the connection to their organization's heartbeat and lack a palpable passion that drives purpose and existence.

In most areas of our lives, our modern world is an open concept:  our kitchens are the heart of our homes - open and welcoming those we love;  we choose expenditures that are transparent in ethical and fair trade practices.  It’s now time to take the open concept into our professional lives.

What do we gain from corporate openness?