My meeting with a great human leader
A few days ago, I got this text: Erica – Greetings – Dawn here! Always like to check in when I am headed to Aspen to see how you are and if there is a chance to say hello! Would be great to connect. I hope you and your lovely family are well. Dawn It’s […]
What do employees want? 🤯
What do you think employees want more than anything? If you’re like most employers, you think it’s: According to a recent study from McKinsey, what employees really want is connection. Yep. Good ol’ human belonging and connection. And room for growth and flexible work are also important. Check out the top left quadrant of the matrix below […]
Don’t be lonely at work 💛
I recently came across a Wall Street Journal article called “The Loneliness of the American Worker,” which included some pretty bleak stats about our modern work lives. Take a look: Which is to say—very little about work is working. People—parents especially—feel stuck at home and lonely, and many people are spending their work day in back-to-back Zoom […]
I deleted instagram
For the last 19 years (except during Covid), I’ve gone away by myself once a year to take a break, get off my technology, and just relax. This year my reset ritual took place over Memorial Day weekend, and as a bonus, I brought my two daughters. As we drove out of NYC to the […]
Is it enough to just listen?
It’s pretty impressive how ChatGPT or any other AI tool can respond to a basic question and spit out the answers. So fast! Or find information that gets a conversation started. Or even “sit in” on a meeting and take notes. Or any number of other data-centered tasks. In a sense, AI can listen, but […]
The chat was on fire 🔥
Last week I hosted a free event called The Case for Community: The ROI of IRL Connection as a preview of a new keynote + workshop I’m offering. The chat was so full of comments and questions I couldn’t get to them all, so I wanted to follow up. Here are just a few: – “People often commute […]
Be intentional instead of reactive
I’ve been studying LinkedIn as a company since 2017 when I was writing Bring Your Human to Work. One of the most impressive things I learned was about how about former CEO Jeff Weiner’s “not to be missed” All-Hands Meeting occurred every other Wednesday at 10 a.m. That doesn’t sound like much, does it? Okay, how […]
Does a bestie at work really matter?
Guess how long it takes to make a real friend? According to a University of Kansas study, 200 hours! But don’t worry; you can form a casual bond in a mere 40-60 hours. And by connecting for periods as short as just 30 minutes—as long as it takes to play soccer, sing in a choir […]
The one thing that can eclipse an eclipse
On April 8, 2023, exactly one year ago yesterday, we got an email from our friend Adam that started like this: Dear friends who are interested in travel, wanderlust, and once-in-a-lifetime opportunities… Can you guess what he was inviting us to? Yep, an eclipse watching party in Dallas, Texas. I’m not sure I would have […]
Vulnerability Fatigue
When I wrote Bring Your Human to Work in 2018, some people didn’t even understand what it meant to “bring your human to work.” They wondered if I was talking about my very human dog, Cruiser?! The book was radical at the time because it made the case that creating a more human workplace was not only […]
