Yep, another Covid-19 post here. It’s a situation that keeps on giving new examples that can be applied to how we do things once we start to return to some sort of normal. Countries and companies are now beginning to look at returning some businesses to work. They are using the data to guide their…
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Predictions about the future in the middle of a crisis are usually worthless
The middle of a crisis is the worst time to begin thinking about what might happen in the future. A crisis implies short term emotion and challenge which clouds judgment. It is extremely easy to take that emotion and challenge and extrapolate it into the future to believe it will make a massive impact on…
Dials and light switches are very different, yet people often treat them the same #community
California Governor, Gavin Newsom, recently outlined what it will look like when the state begins to reopen. In his comments, he used a great analogy: “There is no light switch here, it’s more like a dimmer,” Newsom said. “I know you want the timeline, but we can’t get ahead of ourselves and dream of regretting….
Just because data is bad doesn’t mean it is useless.
Last week, I wrote an entire post on how Covid-19 was a great case study in the risks of bad data. It never really sat great with me after I had it in the can. The message was correct but it wasn’t right. The gist of it was that the data that is being thrown…
One day soon in this crisis the phrase “tomorrow will be worse than today” will be wrong. Then it will be wrong again. Then for a week…
It can feel like “tomorrow will be worse than today” will be true forever. But that can’t be the case. Crises have a natural lifespan to them. Our job is to do what we can to make the lifespan of this Covid-19 crisis as short as possible through social distancing, obsessive hand washing, and caring…
Don’t make long-term decisions during the middle of a crisis. Try not to speculate on long-term changes during the crisis.
There are a lot of people writing and talking about what the Covid-19 situation means for retail, supply chain, consumer behavior, and professional behavior. Some are saying that the restaurant experience will never be the same. Some think that the travel industry will never recover. Others think that handshaking will never come back. (And those…
It may be tough out there right now, but use spring flowers as an example for yourself.
The sky is overcast and gloomy outside my window right now. Thunder is rolling through and rain just started pouring down. On the surface, it’s a great example of what it feels like in the world right now: gloomy. I sent what it looks like outside to a friend who simply replied back “flowers are…
In the midst of chaos, our words matter more. When others lack direction, they will seek it from elsewhere.
Covid-19 is causing impacts to people and businesses across the world. Mainly because it is moving quickly, advice is inconsistent, and new information is seemingly coming out every single hour. It’s a chaotic atmosphere across the board. In the midst of chaos, people seek out surety and security. They look for leadership. They crave direction….
A few tips for the newly work-from-home from someone who has done it for a while
Like many, I’ve been watching the Covid-19 scenario closely. The reactions are all over the map from cities, states, and federal governments. Companies are all responding differently. New information comes available every hour making it hard to keep up with the latest. But one thing is consistent across it all: people are largely asked to…
Why the open workplace continues to rise in spite of all that “data” that shows it is destroying the world
I find it amazing how many workplace experts start coming out of the woodwork the moment the topic of the “open workplace” is mentioned. Data and studies are thrown around to prove that it is a communist plot to bring down corporations from the inside. Somehow, companies world over have forgotten that they need to…