In this episode, Rob Sadow is joined by Lauren DeYoung, Allstate's Workplace Futurist. Lauren shares insights into Allstate’s approach to work location flexibility, which shapes how its 55,000 employees connect and interact in a distributed workplace.
Join us as we discuss:
The importance of employee communication channels
Allstate’s innovative lab approach for fostering new ideas
The impact of Allstate’s flex work initiatives on real estate, recruitment, and engagement

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Lauren DeYoung serves as the Workplace Futurist at Allstate, where she is reenvisioning the way Allstaters connect and interact in a distributed workplace. During her thirteenyear tenure at Allstate, she has held leadership roles in marketing, sales, operations, CX, claims, and human resources. Core to all those roles has been optimizing culture, communication, and practices to deliver memorable experiences for customers and employees. Now, Lauren focuses her collective experience to rally her organization around flexibility, technology, and new ways of working to help Allstate attract, retain, and cultivate a diverse workforce that will help the company succeed.