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Setting an intent for your work and life can provide both a compass and a filter. When we set intentions, we build on the accomplishments, lessons, support and circumstances that got us here; these experiences made us ready to resolve to move forward. We can acknowledge mentors, collaborators, partners and, …
Some of the common pain points that teams experience with virtual work are reminiscent of college or university experiences with group projects when someone essentially ghosts the team: they hardly communicate and only drop in on the project at the end to get the grade. Without that person’s contribution and …
The world of work is going through its most profound change in decades, which is saying something, because it is always transforming. Back in the “before times” we already felt the transformation happening as the work realities of previous generations have steadily shifted and turned over. The fallout from the …
In these challenging pandemic times, we need a new vision, a new way to create our success, and the motivation to overcome the many challenges on the path forward. “Yes, and” is a fundamental improv exercise that teaches us how to assimilate new information and contribute to the scene. First …
I hit the wall so hard a few weeks ago I left a Christy-shaped dent. When I looked around, I realized there was a swarm of people experiencing the same thing, either trying to shake it off like me, or in various states of impact. Right about that time, the interwebs …
Organizations around the world are striving to make gains on diversity and inclusion, their actions spurred by tragic news headlines and a rising tide of activism. It’s clear that eliminating systemic racism – including addressing the unconscious biases that underpin it – is a monumental undertaking. It’s also clear that …
It isn’t unusual to slosh around in a fair bit of data at the beginning of a design process. I remember one such moment with a client’s leadership team: each one of them had walked through their own deck of key measures, plus we’d also discussed data gathered for external …
Virtual teams are here for the long term, even as some jurisdictions gradually reopen workplaces and other public spaces. As leaders and employees adjust to this evolving reality, there are ways to work more effectively and gain a momentum people can live with – including exchanging “place” for pace: we …
The tone we use in communicating with others is like karma. Or at least like my own limited, westernized view of karma, as in ‘what you put out is coming back.’ Not always as directly as an echo, but somewhere along the way it is returning to you. In my …
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