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Return Gently to the Office - Not Everyone Can or Will Return

Return Gently to the Office - Not Everyone Can or Will Return

In my last two posts, I shared that returning gently included taking small steps and returning with reflection. Someone shared with me that some large consultancies see similar opportunities to reflect and re-architect the work. I see a bigger impact coming in the post-covid rush to go back to the

Return Gently to the Office - Rebuilding with Reflection

Return Gently to the Office - Rebuilding with Reflection

I hope many of you are reflecting on “returning gently” to the office. We might want to rush back to “normal”. However, in my last post, I shared how an unexpected shoulder injury reinforced my need to take small steps to get back to some kind of normal. This epiphany

Return Gently to the Office - Rebuild Routines Slowly

Return Gently to the Office - Rebuild Routines Slowly

Can you feel it? We are so close to going “back”. Or are we? Whenever I faced something major that disrupted my normal routines, I’ve found that it takes much longer to get back to “normal”. That Sudden Jolt A few years ago, I experienced a shoulder injury. Walking

A March Mashup of Remote Facilitation

A March Mashup of Remote Facilitation

On 18 February 2021, a bunch of facilitators and coaches got together from around the world to share stories from some of their favourite remote sessions. It ended up being pretty inspiring and fun, so we’ve compiled a list with some of the activities shared, with links and ideas

Avoiding Dangerous Side Effects of Frameworks

Navigating Change

Avoiding Dangerous Side Effects of Frameworks

Recently, I completed an inaugural course on a new business marketing framework. Why? Marketing always made me feel uncomfortable because of the manipulative techniques I’ve experienced over the years. However, I’ve also worked with some fantastic marketers who focused more on educating. This new framework focused more on

The key to better hybrid-remote work environments

The key to better hybrid-remote work environments

In my prior posts, you may get the impression I don’t see hybrid remote as a viable path. You would be partially correct. As I stated in a past blog post, many people now see hybrid remote as THE solution to moving back into offices after the pandemic. They

Is hybrid-remote going backward or forward?

Is hybrid-remote going backward or forward?

As new vaccines emerge and political transitions move forward (deep breath), I still hear many talking about “going back” to the way things were. Instead, I suggest we might look at what opportunities 2021 will provide us. Are you hearing “going back” conversations? The “going back” conversations take many forms.

Your Next Workplace - Any, all or inclusive remote?

Your Next Workplace - Any, all or inclusive remote?

We are all ready to go back to the office. Or are we? As mentioned in my previous post on resilience, your next workplace may adjust work hours and workspaces to help “keep our distance”. Hygiene may influence office schedules and space layouts next. But what will teamwork look like?

Buddy System, Copilots, and Async for Hybrid Remote Work

Buddy System, Copilots, and Async for Hybrid Remote Work

You may have heard of the working agreement that “when one is remote, all should be remote”. This agreement applies to remote hybrid teams where some team members may be in the office and some team members are either working from home or other locations. Such working agreements encourage all

Your Next Workplace - Office, Remote, or Resilience?

Your Next Workplace - Office, Remote, or Resilience?

2020 presented many twists and turns for all of us, and there are more to come. In August 2017, I began to co-author a book on successful distributed agile teams with Johanna Rothman. Our first chapter was titled “Distributed Agile Teams Are Here to Stay.” We did not realize how

Remote Amplifies

Over this first half of 2020, most of the world now knows what long-time remote workers have known for years: Remote amplifies. Remote does amplify some obvious things like distance. But until the last few months, only a few realized that distance is a lever, not the outcome of being

Exploring Who Controls Your Meetings by Process and Tools Used Online

Exploring Who Controls Your Meetings by Process and Tools Used Online

As people moved to completely online and distributed work in the early part of 2020, interesting patterns in training and collaboration tools emerged. While many trainers have focused on tools and process and the best way to keep teams connected online, it seems we slipped into a control trap for