Recently, the New York Times ran an op-ed titled “There are almost too many things to worry about.”
There aren’t almost. There are…
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Ever had to run from a saber-toothed tiger? No? Me, neither. In part because they’re extinct. But, we’ve all felt the same sensations our ancestors might have had they found themselves in that situation. In fact, most of us experience that sensation multiple times a day, when doing something that doesn’t seem dangerous at all….
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Leadership teams are asking themselves whether to go completely remote, full-time in the office, or hybrid… Instead, we might ourselves: What are the needs we’re trying to design for as we work? How might we use physical spaces and digital tools to create the best solutions for each need? In other words, why (for what purpose) are we opening the office doors, and how will we function when we’re together and apart?
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It’s Sunday night. You set out a nice shirt, you even iron it for a change. Maybe you add something else: earrings or a tie. Pulling open one more drawer, you contemplate the final item, and settle on… your best sweatpants.
After all, tomorrow marks the start of a new job, but you’re not leaving your house, and your colleagues will see you from the shoulders up, a new head on their video calls…
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Thanks to just-launched machinery (the pandemic has really accelerated technological innovation!), I recorded one of my meditation sessions so that you could see just how it’s done. That’s right, I’ve got a transcript of what actually happened inside my brain! I don’t mean to brag, but I think you’ll be quite impressed by how zen my brain gets…
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The pieces of my day that used to power me — and drive my creativity — had disappeared, and I didn’t clock how much I gained from them, or far worse, that they were even gone.
If you, too, went from spending days amongst other people to sitting in your favorite athleisure, glued to one seat, you have also lost these things….
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On March 9th, 2020, Delta CEO Ed Bastian sent a letter to his customers in which he clearly recognized the immense impact the virus would have. “For more than a decade, Delta has been preparing for this scenario,” he noted, before describing safety measures the company was taking, committing to transparency and flexibility, expressing pride in his team, and ending on a personal note.
One thing he didn’t do: ask anyone to fly….
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Everyone wants to prototype -- to create a fast and just-real-enough version of their new product -- to ensure they're building the right thing, but no one has the time. So, they do things like build the product and sneak in cheeky prototypes on the side to inform product iteration (and, if the initial launch premise is wrong, product revolution). Almost surreptitiously. Kind of like they're having an affair with the prototype….So go on, stop having affairs and date your ideas before you commit. Because once you're married to a product or service, it's not easy to call it quits.
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