How to Emerge from the COVID-19 Crisis: A Leader’s Checklist
The past few months have been at worst tragic, and at best disruptive. But even disruption can be painful. It tangles organized plans, challenges routines, and sabotages efficiencies. It disorients and destroys. And yet, disruption can also be a gift. It engages thought, identifies vulnerabilities, and introduces new possibilities. It provokes reaction and inspires Read more
Top Ten Themes For Mother’s Day 2020
A little levity for difficult times. . . . 1. BYOEverything (and Stay Six Feet Away) 2. Mimosa Day! 3. Doing What’s Most Important: Not Being Together 4. Show Mom You Care by Washing Your Hands 5. Support Local (Spas and Jewelry Stores) 6. Take-out Breakfast In Bed 7. Going Out! (To the Yard) Read more
Top Ten Signs of COVID-19 Quarantine Fatigue
A little levity for difficult times. . . . 1. Pretty sure the gas pedal is the one on the right 2. Answer telemarketer calls just in case it’s important 3. Limit weeknight television to six hours 4. Struggle to decide which mask brings out the color of your eyes 5. The kids ask Read more
Top Ten Signs The COVID-19 Pandemic Has Made Us Smarter
A little levity for difficult times. . . . 1. A new vocabulary derived from “quarantine” 2. Able to complete medical appointments in five minutes 3. Know how to make our own coffee 4. Stopped ironing 5. Wash hands like a surgeon 6. Can pack a full day of work into four hours 7. Read more
Let’s get back to work?
If there’s a singular theme to the past week’s national discourse about COVID-19, it seems to be: Back to work! This is a crucial conversation. Livelihoods–and lives–depend on evolving our work-from-home solutions. Considering this next phase is encouraging. Right? The light at the end of the tunnel has started to flicker. At the same Read more
