The best advice on working remotely your boss doesn't want you to see
Advice on how to reclaim freedom while working remotely. Warning: Do not show these tips to your boss - it might make them nervous!
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Book Review: The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk
The Body Keeps the Score makes it clear that many people are carrying enormous pain and trauma in hidden and plain sight. My review and favorite highlights.
Books & Reading
Managing Millennials & Other Misinformation On Generations at Work
How do you manage a millennial? That question focuses in the wrong direction. Millennials are not as unlike other generations as one might think
Organizations & Culture
Chaos Theory & Management: Why Organizations Are Fragile, Not Broken
Most critics say organizations are broken. They're wrong — they're fragile. How chaos theory and complex adaptive systems explain organizational failure, plus a 5-part guide for the modern chaos manager.
Organizations & Culture
Questions About The Future Of Work
Will people continue to believe in the 20th century work beliefs? How will the coronavirus pandemic impact our future narratives of work?
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Matt Mullenweg's & Automattic's Five Levels Of Remote Work
Matt Mullenweg's Five Levels Of Remote Work for Distributed Companies. His Experience from running Automattic since 2014
Organizations & Culture
Hamsternomics: Printing Money, The Economy & Work Beliefs
What are the effects of printing unlimited money and having millions of people out of work on our work beliefs and the ability of the economy to recover?
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Book Review: Black Mass, Millenarianism and Pandemic Utopias
Everyone has a religious, political or institutional utopia. A review of John Gray's book \"Black Mass\" gives us a way to be skeptical of these visions
Books & Reading
Dear Leaders, It’s Time To Wake The F*ck Up
The shift to remote work for established firms will require a new type of leadership: courage, vulnerability and leadership beyond the default way
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Rethinking Meetings In A Remote World
Most companies have too many meetings on the calendar. How can companies rethink the purpose of meetings when shifting to remote work?
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The Ultimate Guide to Remote Work Culture
How remote companies define their values, live them through tools, leaders and hiring, and build trust when no one shares an office. My section of The Holloway Guide to Remote Work.
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Virtual Spaces: How To Teach & Engage With Virtual Communities
Lessons on facilitating video sessions & virtual collaboration for team meetings, online courses and virtual hangouts on Zoom
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