4 years ago

Friday Faves – What We’re Reading This Week

In our Friday Faves for 8 May 2020, we have reads on live-streaming helping China’s farmers survive; Zoom babysitters; Notre Dame one year on; and insights into our thoughts and fears from Google Trends; as well as The Future, This Week, our cartoon of the week, Friday fives, Friday funnies, and some more ways to occupy yourself at home.

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4 years ago

Friday Faves – What We’re Reading This Week

In our Friday Faves for 15 May 2020, we have reads on Australians embracing their values as we emerge from COVID-19; what evolution tells us about our need for personal space; and Twitter and ‘working from home “forever”’; as well as The Future, This Week, our cartoon of the week, Friday fives, Friday funnies, and some more ways to occupy yourself at home.

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4 years ago

Remote Working Coffee Review – 8 May 2020

A review of our Remote Working Coffee Meetup conversations. This week we considered some of the issues about returning to the workplace, including individualism versus collectivism.

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4 years ago

Remote Working Coffee Review – 1 May 2020

This week, as various locations prepare to ease restrictions somewhat, the Remote Working Meetup group discussed our readiness for a return towards “normal”. Are we ready? We looked at some essential considerations, including safety, communication, trust and empowerment, that organisations and leaders need to consider right now, as well as in preparing for a return to the physical workplace.

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4 years ago

Remote Working Coffee Review – 24 April 2020

The Remote Working Meetup group continued our reflections on the current state of remote working under crisis conditions. We discussed what practices we wanted to keep, and what practices were not useful under usual business conditions. But we also reflected on the sense of grief and loss for the way things used to be. How will this impact the way we work in the future?

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4 years ago

Remote Working Coffee Review – 17 April 2020

After our Easter break, the Remote Working Group returned to explore what remote work during lockdowns was really like. What skills and challenges were being faced? What leadership skills are required during these times?

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4 years ago

Friday Faves – What We’re Reading This Week

In our Friday Faves for 17 April 2020, we have reads on an elegy for cash, the technology we might never replace; the parents are not alright; and pandemic fashion; as well as The Future, This Week, our cartoon of the week, friday fives, friday funnies, and a few more ways to occupy yourself at home.

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4 years ago

Friday Faves – What We’re Reading This Week

In our Friday Faves for 9 April 2020, we’re talking about leadership and compassion, how lockdown isn’t an introvert’s paradise after all, some ideas for staying entertained at home, and that the discomfort you’re feeling is grief. Plus we’ve got our Friday Fives on misinformation, COVID-19, work, tech & social media; The Future, This Week; and some Friday Funnies to give you a giggle.

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4 years ago

Friday Faves – What We’re Reading This Week

In our Friday Faves for 3 April 2020, we continue to be focused on coronavirus and COVID-19, including remote work and how some employers love it while others are panic buying spyware, the surrealness of life in a pandemic, and the rise of Zoom; our Friday Fives on COVID-19, work, tech & social media; The Future, This Week; and some Friday Funnies to give you a giggle.

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4 years ago

Remote Working Coffee Review – 27 March 2020

A review of the Remote Working Coffee Meetup from Friday 27 March. In this blog we review the discussion about working from home tech infrastructure and provide details for our next meetup on Friday 3 April (AEDST).

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