Category: Found in the Field
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Update: Wow.I am so glad I re-instated this! I forgot how handy it was before, and how helpful it is in pushing off to the side things that are ‘someday/maybe’ and getting to task on things that are ‘next action’. I used to use this, I forgot that I did, but I have brought this…
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It is a good question. I found it on Quora. I have an answer to it, which would be, People pretending to enjoy being famous as internet influencers. My favorite answer posted, though, is by someone who describes themselves as a ‘child of two therapists’, Joschka Yoshi Tryba, who answers this question with ‘Partying at bars and clubs’.…
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I will quote a paper: ‘The Covid-19 pandemic has affected the way people live interpersonal relationships. ‘The lockdown was characterized of a different organization of daily life, with an incrementation of time at home and a reduction of distance through digital devices. This period was also seen as an evolution in the concept of…
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Great video. ‘How to know your life purpose in 5 minutes,’ by Adam Leipzig at TEDxMalibu. I haven’t had the breakthrough that I got through doing the questions he asks in this, ever, before. I know, I know. I am supposed to be the person that people go to, for finding out ‘Identity’, for brand…
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A lot of shifts, a lot of uncertainty. Is it time to redesign things at the workplace? People who want to up the ante when it comes to creating workplace cultures that are truly enriching. Comfort, kindness, care, and wellbeing are buzzwords of course but I feel like it really starts with making sure everyone…
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In a Harvard Business Review article on avoiding burnout, there is a section about how you can think about the people you work with in a way that helps you cope with the stress of everyday at work. Here is that piece: ‘Community. Who do you work with or around? How supportive and trusting are…
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The writers at MIT Sloan Review did some studies on why people were quitting during the Great Resignation. What they found was that a toxic culture is the biggest killer of someone’s motivation to stay put. In this article about how a ‘toxic culture’ is what is driving the attrition most often, there is more…
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Can work be fun? Can it be engaging? Yes, and yes. And there are ways to design an organization so that this happens. Studying up. Bit by bit, in the new directions. Making work fun to be at. Engaging people, through the tools that work that DK had developed in Seattle. Working with more than…
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I found this. Cool. Source: Harvard law school blog post here: https://www.pon.harvard.edu/daily/business-negotiations/business-team-building-the-value-of-self-reflection/ 3 Keys to Business Team Building How can organizations promote business team building through deeper employee engagement? Here are a few suggestions, adapted from [Francesca Gino’s 2018 book] Rebel Talent: Make work novel. It’s hard to stay engaged in your work when it’s completely…
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