I’ve worked for remote teams for a few years now, and I can honestly say that this is true. What’s more, every time I read someone complain about how remote working isn’t working for the organization, as you read the details it almost always is really a failure to do this: “A recent MIT survey…
Thanks to a mention in a recent newsletter from Manager Tools, I found this story about the Choluteca bridge in Honduras, and even though this happened in 1998, it felt like a 2020 thing, right? The designers of the new Choluteca Bridge tried their best to build a state-of-the-art structure that withstood a category 5…
I guess I could see this happening. Teams or Slack chats are real-time, people feeling angry might be tempted to voice their unfiltered opinions on them, much like we see on Twitter, etc. “If workers don’t feel they have a voice on serious issues, resentment can build, turning channels ugly. At the end of the…
In the article below, for obvious reasons, I loved this sub-heading: The future of work is connectivity, not proximity. The ability to hire anyone who can connect to your network opens up a whole world of possible talent. But, it also comes with some adjustments that need to be made as well, and the rest…
The results speak for themselves. “The report, based on anonymised data from real organisations that have had their networks tested, said that for 71% of companies, there’s at least one obvious weakness that could provide malicious outsiders with entry into the network.” I’ll save you the click, but you should go look at the details,…
I think the article is helpful, but this one is the one that I suspect many mangers struggle with. “Model healthy behaviors. Don’t just say you support mental health. Model it so that your team members feel they can prioritize self-care and set boundaries. More often than not, managers are so focused on their team’s…