During the Fed news conference, what was surprising was Powell's view of economic risks. Powell is optimistic. The Fed's adoption of a new framework and waiting for the direction of actual inflation can be seen as a formal manifestation of Powell's optimism.
Overall, Powell is optimistic that unemployment will fall rapidly along with inflation. But of the two, he (and many other members of the FOMC seem to be) are more focused on the risk of excessive inflation than the risk of labour market losing momentum before the goal of full employment is achieved.