19 MAGAZINE progress, technology, and curiosity; and anticipating tomorrow’s challenges. In order to adapt to the future, we thrive in a state of flux. To achieve this, it is necessary to include the new generation’s concerns, visions, and thoughts. For this reason, LLYC’s Future Leaders project falls perfectly in line with 3M’s ideals. We actively work on listening to new voices and understanding their motivations, language, and outlook on the world. This puts us in a position to look forward, prepare, and anticipate. These efforts are much more than simply listening and empathizing with others. It is a community-motivated outlook from a collective standpoint, based on company vision rather than simple results. For that purpose, 3M has been steadily rolling out programs to form connections with those younger people who are curious, eager to learn, and willing to question. Our corporation’s goal is to build policies, benefits, and an environment capable of attracting and retaining talent ready to tackle new challenges. Internally, we have put into place multiple initiatives allowing us to adopt new approaches to our work, utilizing increased flexibility and autonomy, as well as an overarching people-centric outlook. We emphasize self-care, high quality-of-life, and ideal work-life balance, to name only a few. When the pandemic hit, we relaunched our “Flexibility 2.0” program, allowing more work to be done remotely, and we also launched our “Work-life Balance” project to encourage and advise workers. Our goal was to equip employees with organizational tools for a job with irregular hours and help them reconcile their work, family, and personal lives. In short, we understand life is a balancing act. We understand that work should be part of that equation without dominating it. Achieving this is not easy. It requires not only a major cultural shift, but active respect and conviction. For this reason, I thank LLYC for their work defining and elucidating the shape of future leaders. If we utilize technology, creativity, and energy to their fullest, companies like ours can seamlessly take the next step into the future. We understand life is a balancing act. We understand that work should be part of that equation without dominating it