[Ailist] AI and Outsourced Employees

[Mark Berns]

Adrienne,

A friend of mine in a similar situation focused her efforts on having people
think about the things they most enjoyed, that they always dreamed of doing.
By focusing on a better future state, and encouraging them to take any kind
of training opportunities the company offered, she helped them build toward
that future. Would your company be offering retraining to people? That might
be a way to help if you could get them focused on building for the next
thing rather than on the eventuality that their jobs go away.

The focus would be on what they were most passionate about doing. Could be
anything.

Mark
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Mark Berns
Ready About, LLC
New Directions for Organizations
Phone: 203-247-6369  |  Fax: 240-363-4802



-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:ailist-bounces at lists.business.utah.edu] On Behalf Of Adrienne Keane
(akeane)
Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 11:57 AM
To: ailist at lists.business.utah.edu
Subject: [Ailist] AI and Outsourced Employees

Greetings!
I am a new AI practitioner and want to begin applying the AI principles to
the organizational work I do.
I have a client that is outsourcing their manufacturing department from
US-based to overseas. All US employees know they will be displaced sometime
in the next year. Moral, quality & productivity have dropped significantly.
Has anyone used AI techniques to help motivate individuals in this
situation? 
Cheers, Adrienne
 


	
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