Keurig - Café Culture (Fostering Thought Diversity)

Episode Eight: Summing Up the Series

In this wrap-up of the limited-run series, host John Palumbo is joined by SVP and General Manager at Keurig Dr. Pepper, Phil Drapeau and the two recap the season and discuss some of the things they learned, including the insights and strategies that surprised them most.

Break Room 6 – More Simple Strategies

In this Break Room, host John Palumbo tosses out a few simple approaches your company can take to foster thought diversity including what he calls “Ride Alongs,” which brings different departments together…creating a “Guest Office,” where outsiders can “co-work” from your space…and even “Reframing Resumes,” which will help you start hiring and finding more diverse talent.

Episode Seven: Getting Comfortable with Conflict

If you’re going to foster thought diversity and bringing different minds together at your organization (which you NEED to do), you need to be prepared for some debates and disagreements. Of course, these are things that make some companies and leaders uncomfortable, but they’re necessary and you need to embrace them. In this episode Harvard Business School Professor, Francesca Gino, discusses the ways companies can get comfortable with the “conflict” that’s essential in fostering thought diversity.

Break Room 5 – Creating "Collisions" to Add Value

In this Break Room, host John Palumbo discusses why it’s important for organizations to create casual or spontaneous collisions at their workplace, which is when employees run into one another and discuss ideas or projects or problems they’re trying to solve. He even discusses ways your company can make collisions happen!

Episode Six: Ideas About Creating Café Culture from…the Coworking Category

When it comes to creating a thought diverse Café Culture dynamic, some co-working spaces seem to have it figured out - their members come from all different fields and backgrounds and the spaces themselves are designed to create spontaneous “collisions” among members.  In this episode, founder of the co-working space Common Desk (which was recently acquired by WeWork), Nick Clark discusses co-working best-practices and strategies that any company can use to bring Café Culture to their organization.