There’s a lot of talk today about company culture and the effects of people working remotely, or in whatever hybrid way they’ve assembled themselves to get the work done. Primarily organizations and teams are asking if we can be the kind of connected, productive, engaging workplace we want to be without being in close physical proximity. The question is important. It also … [Read more...]
Return to the Office: Pilot Before Policy
As companies schedule their return to the office (RTO if you’re playing Buzzword Bingo), we have been checking into them with a simple question: How’s it going? Their answers fall into a couple of broad categories. Everything is fine and dandy A few report that everything’s great; they are either going to the exact some structure as before the pandemic (usually, everyone … [Read more...]
Lessons from Spider-Man for Remote Workers
What lessons does the comic book web slinger have for remote workers? Turns out quite a lot. Wayne explains. https://youtu.be/LTK4U1m_LvY?rel=0&showinfo=0 … [Read more...]
Enough with the Quiet Quitting
“The biggest threat to organizations is the quiet quitting trend…” If you’ve read this headline, or others like it, you probably were either mildly intrigued or completely outraged.Your response says as much about your attitude to your work as anything ever will. Every once in a while, the business press gets hold of an idea and works it like a dog with a sock until it’s … [Read more...]
Work From Home Doesn’t Cure Burnout
Recently a friend of mine, a great proponent of working from home, (WFH for the initiated) stepped down from his job as CEO because of exhaustion and burnout and a need to recalibrate his life. Within a week I learned of several others who have done the same, or are planning to do so soon. Some of them are well-known for advocating remote work. What happened to “working from … [Read more...]