Space to Engage and Co-create

The Challenge

How can dialogue mechanisms be more regularly integrated into organizational business models to give the employee voice and input?

Hosted as stand-alone series on key topics, and as a complementary element to the Reimagine the UN Together Innovation Challenge, NewWork dialogues enabled employees from across the Secretariat and beyond to come together, share ideas, discuss challenges and opportunities linked with organizational change.

The Solution

Dialogues — Space to Engage and Co-create

What distinguishes these dialogues from others is that participants are randomly placed in sessions to ensure diversity across location, grades, genders, entities, etc. Dialogue moderators provide session feedback and summaries that are analyzed and feed into reports to management. The NewWork dialogue model offers entities an effective tool for open, transparent dialogue on any topic that bridges silos and diversifies perspectives.

Impact & Results

The Dialogues have been used to provide feedback to change initiatives, informally and formally. Employees engaged in honest and open conversations on the return-to-office and generated ideas that were shared with management and taken into account when developing the final plan.

Skills & Tools