I am a layoff survivor
Sympathy looks at outcomes but empathy sees the person who is in pain.
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We have been lied to about work
“The Great Resignation” and “Quiet Quitting” are fancy ways to say that work sucks. Gallup has been tracking the engagement metrics, and people have been disengaged at work for years. Is making money and finding meaning mutually exclusive when it comes to working?
Don’t quit your day job. (yet!)
You are discontented, demoralised, disengaged at work, and the thought of venturing out on your own. Before you fall for the hype and jump on the “Great Resignation” bandwagon, I want to share with you some things I wished someone had shared with me before I quit my job.
Learn or go extinct
Being a learning organisation is mandatory for corporations operating in an environment where the pace of change is accelerating, fraught with ambiguity and where problems are complex. How well an organisation adapts through learning will be its only source of competitive advantage.
Fear murdered creativity!
Let’s bring creativity back into our homes, schools, places of worship, and work.