Creating a healthy environment where teams can perform at their best and where innovation is nurtured starts with creating a culture of belonging, and that starts with LEADERSHIP.

In this episode of Fifth Dimensional Leadership, I interview Yogesh Soni. Yogesh is an author who has explored how to create organizations with a sense of belonging, which is a fundamental human need.

Yogesh is an engineer who has been a business leader, leading product teams in purpose-driven technology companies. He believes that technology and economic activities are a massive force for human progress. Yogesh has designed a blueprint that can scale across organizations, which he combined in his book Digital belonging - Building Human-Centered Organizations.

In our conversation, Yogesh talks about exploring the lack of human connection in the workplace and how to create a culture of belonging.

Things you will also learn in this episode:

• Finding out the "why" of cultural differences in the workplace.
• The key factor in the "Great Resignation."
• Why we need to refocus on our human needs.
• How to define "belonging" in a business environment
• How the need to belong can compromise one's mental health

Quotes:

"The problem is that there is very little focus on human needs and very high focus on business outcomes. If you ignore those human needs, you will frequently see burnout, depression, and disengagement." - Yogesh Soni

"You may think that a sense of belonging is the cure to everything, but the need to belong can also have a negative effect, depending on what kind of tribe you want to belong to." - Yogesh Soni

"It's not enough for people to be physically present; they must be mentally, psychologically, and emotionally present for each other." - Yogesh Soni

"Belonging and community have very real, tangible business outcomes." - Yogesh Soni