Generation Numb.
Compliance Edition.
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The rise of Generation Numb.
Compliance teams are facing unprecedented demands, just as workforce resistance peaks. After years of digital overwhelm, chronic uncertainty, and isolation, employees have emotionally shut down - creating a workforce that is numb to compliance messaging, training, and tactics.
of employees are willing to support change - down from 74% in 2016.
of organisations report a 'low trust culture.'
record low in employee connection to company mission.
What is
Generation Numb?
Generation Numb represents a collective response to prolonged uncertainty and digital overload.
The numbers behind
Generation Numb.
When we surveyed employees across enterprise organisations, the data confirmed what leaders already sense: the workforce has fundamentally changed.
50% of employees say they feel numb, indifferent, or ‘nothing’ at all, when companies announce change. 63% report feeling disconnected from colleagues. And when asked to describe work in one word, responses like "autopilot," "meh," and "I'm here to get paid" dominated.
Vastly expanding remits.
Numb audiences.
Over the last decade, a crucible of digital overwhelm, chronic uncertainty, and isolation has led to two compounding pressures in large enterprise compliance: vastly expanding remits for compliance teams – and a workforce that is numb to their messaging, training, and tactics.
Me/Us/It.
'Adequate' is not going to work. You need to break through the apathy.
Compliance needs people across the business to act as empowered, ethically-minded agents. This takes deep cultural traction through intentional people enablement. We've developed a pragmatic, invigorating approach mapped across three sequential stages:
Me - Meet personal priorities.
Us - Restore connection.
It - Break through the apathy.
Think this is HR's job?
Think again.
Your ability to connect with your audience is essential for you to meet the new demands on compliance functions.
What's needed is risk management that balances compliance with freedom to innovate.
The tactics in the paper show you how to bring this within your control.
There is everything
to play for.
In today's world, regulations and training content you're investing in is likely to be outdated before you even hit the green button. By contrast, investment in a culture that equips your people to handle new risk requirements at pace, use their critical judgement, and believe in their own agency around business-beneficial behaviours – will yield dividends for years to come.
About Sponge.
Sponge is a people enablement partner to 43% of the Interbrand Global 100, one in 10 of the Nasdaq, and a third of Europe’s Fortune 500.
Supporting leaders tasked with high-stakes transformation, we’ve spent over 20 years delivering targeted shifts in behaviour, culture, and capability through unforgettable learning. Our approach combines strategic learning consultancy, grounded in the science of what moves people, with world-class creative—delivered end-to-end across digital, blended, and in-person experiences.
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