Quarantine Learnings, Gif's = $ & "A Reason For Being"
What I Learned at "School" this Week
Happy Friday, friends.
After a lovely (truly!) 2-month-long shelter-in-the-suburbs, I’m back in SF.
What was supposed to be a 3-day weekend for a wedding, turned into ~2 months with the future in-laws. Accelerated bonding for sure! :)
Since being back this week, I’ve debriefed a bit, and will continue to do so over the weekend. A few initial thoughts, vulnerably (cheesily?) shared below - see: bullet #5.
Tweeters have Left the Nest!
Last week I linked to a Bro Rogan video. And this week I’m talking about “Remote Work” - yet again. Please, bear with me…
Couple snippets from a short post this week, by Tom Tonguz:
This week, the first companies announced longer-term plans. Twitter empowered employees to work from home forever. Google and Facebook announced work-from-home plans through the end of 2020. I’m sure there will be more announcements of this ilk.
In the article, he asks: “How would you manage your business differently if Shelter-in-place lasted 18 months or more?”
Another friend who works in a New York high rise at a major investment bank told me elevators are the limiting factor in returning people to work. How do you move people into and out of a building safely when elevator capacity is reduced by 75%?
My prediction: cubicles will make a big comeback.
Lastly, I came across this tweet about how you should pay employees equally, regardless of their geographical location, if they have the same role. Makes me wonder. (Free billion dollar idea: software to track output - aka value - of employees; not just inputs - aka work-hours.)
A Maniacal Will to Win
Yes, another clip of the MJ documentary too. It raises a curious question about if society has become less willing to accept people who want to win at all costs.
Giphy* Gets Scooped by Facebook (*not the peanut butter company)
What a world we live in. A Gif company was bought for almost half a billion dollars. And it’s - “normal”..?
Ikigai
Stumbled across a concept I hadn’t seen before. But it makes a lot of sense.
It’s the holy grail of finding “a reason” (outside of religion/beliefs, of course) for how you spend your time each day…
What I Learned Spending 2 Months in the Burbs
I enjoyed my time in the suburbs of Dallas, Texas. More than I would have expected (had I had the opportunity to think about what to expect).
Many lessons. But above all, my thoughts summed up in one image:
Eloquently put, this time has been referred to as The Great Pause.
A quote to ponder over the weekend:
The answer to the question you never ask, is always “no”.
See y’all next week,
Brendan J Short