👋 Ohhhh, new members, followers and connections – time for a little re-introduction 👋… and invitation. I firmly believe our working days should be fulfilling and more than ‘getting by’ or ‘making do’. I also know that remote work or working from home, being part of distributed teams can be a positive game-changer for both
A re-introduction, and invitation Read More »
Five Principles That Make Online Work Thrive – But Do You Agree? My then seven-year-old son, when asked about his parents’ professions, proudly declared, ‘My mother works in a hospital, and my dad’s at the British Interplanetary Society.’ This innocent mix-up led his primary school to invite me to talk about space exploration. Imagine their
One Job, Many Spaces: Navigating a Monumental Societal Shift Read More »
Overwhelm seems to be everywhere. Too many online meetings. Too much chat chatter, too much email. No time to get the real work done. And, it seems, no time to tackle the overwhelm itself. Instead, as stressed people always tend do do, leaders keep on reaching for the sugary snacks of communication. We dash off
“Done doesn’t matter if people are wrecked along the way” Read More »
The team at Rees McCann and ImpactBasis wanted to stay in close contact. But we were all busy, and the last thing we wanted was more meetings! So I suggested we tried an ‘async standup’, using our shared Slack channel. Everyone would post a short message each day, close to the start of the work
#RollCall: an ‘async standup’ technique for intervisibility Read More »
