In nature, every action has its equal and opposite reaction. Physics demands that we adjust to stimuli. We either adapt or we fail. In business, things don’t play out in…
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Tropical Island Digital Nomads
The Wall Street Journal article Some People Worked From Home During Covid. These People Moved to a Tropical Island covers the growing number of Caribbean islands offering digital nomad visas and includes…
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Time to Rethink the Way You Work and Become a Life-long Learner
I have known Gary Bolles for decades. Back when I was putting together the first editorial staff for Network Computing magazine, Gary was one of my early hires. He had…
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Do Gig Workers Want to be Employees?
The quick answer to the title question is most gig workers don’t want to be employed in a traditional job. But some do. This topic has come up because last week…
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The Great SHEturn to Office
So much has been written about the forced mass exodus of women from the paid workforce during COVID-19. We know that women accounted for nearly 54% of job losses since…
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Strengths, Blind Spots and Tools for Professional Transformation
This week’s reading and listening focuses on the benefits of professional development, how to approach it and tools to facilitate success. There are perspectives on the hows and whys of…
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How the Pandemic Changed the Way Americans Spend Their Time
The New York Times article More phone calls, less shopping: how the pandemic changed American lives, down to the minute examines data from the American Time Use survey to show the changes in how…
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The Return of Co-working and Third Places
In a clear signal that co-working is coming back post-pandemic, the high-end combo social club/co-working space Soho House went public last week under the name Membership Collective Group. Soho House is targeted…
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Don’t Let Your RTO Milestone Turn Into a DEI Millstone
Like many of our clients, you’ve probably spent considerable time in the last few months making facilities decisions and getting ready for employees to starting returning to the office. They…
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Organizational Confidence is Personal
Organizational confidence is a nice concept, but how does it come to life in the real world? Here are some typical personas that mission-driven organizations — both for-profit companies and…
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