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As organizations re-adjusts to having people vaccinated and back in the office, I have been thinking about office culture and how it will also shift and re-adjust.  For example, prior to the pandemic, there was a reluctance to allow remote working.  I heard more than one manager ask, ‘How will I know that my folks are

Whenever we are asked what we think about something, we naturally think back to our experiences.  Those experiences form our perspective on a topic and consequently, our answer when asked a question.  Additionally, we tend to feel like our perspective is ‘the norm’ or ‘the mainstream’.  We make assumptions and judgements based on that perspective. 

As COVID vaccines are being administered to people all over, companies who closed their offices are now considering bringing their employees back to the office.  Some, with this consideration, will decide not to return at all.  For those that are coming back in some form, plans are being made.  And while it is possible to

Every year around this time I do a reflection of the past year.  What worked?  What didn’t work?  Where were good results produced?  What do I need to do better in the next year?  I strive to keep the analysis balanced between acknowledgement of success and acknowledgement of improvement.  But as I reflected on 2020,

Albert Einstein said “Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters.”  But what is the truth?  How is it determined?  In this era of calling everything that doesn’t agree with your position as fake, it is important to consciously think about what you believe.  It is also important

I have worked out of my home office for nearly 20 years.  My boundaries have always been pretty good between when I work and when I do not work.  However, during this COVID-19 time, I discovered that what had helped maintain my boundaries was business travel.  Once I was home full-time and working remotely, I

Many people are exploring how to do work differently in a virtual world.  Areas of exploration and discussion include communication and relationship building.  Is it possible to build skills and relationships via a virtual format?  How do you onboard a new person?  How do you pull a team together?  All good questions.  No doubt that

As a young engineer, I was taught that there was a 3-step process for project management.  The steps included Make the Plan, Work the Plan, and Renew the Plan.  Back in early 2020, many of us made plans for how we would handle the uncertainty and changes due to COVID-19.  Most of those plans weren’t

How much of what we have learned about the past is incomplete or isn’t true?  Even the quote ‘History is written by the winners’ is incomplete.  While the quote is attributed to Winston Churchill there is little evidence that this is his original quote.  Knowing whether or not you can rely on what you learned

Disruption and change – these words seem to be everywhere right now.  The COVID-19 virus has been disruptive and a big change for most individuals and for businesses.  For some, the change has been relatively small although inconvenient.  For others the change has been huge and life altering.  So much varies with circumstances – childcare