Remote Facilitation: Being More Inclusive
Photo by Artur Łuczka on Unsplash What do you do when you facilitate online with high-quality visual whiteboards like Mural and Miro and then are asked to...
Remote Facilitation - Dancing with AI at Scale
I just finished an engaging and energizing conversation with hundreds of employees online. This would have been unheard of in the past as most online...
Remote Facilitation - The News Team Pattern in Large Hybrid Meetings
A colleague (let’s call her Rose) recently reached out with this question: “I’m going nuts trying to figure out decent ways to make big-room planning work in...
Remotely Facilitating for Connection: A Manifesto
The last two years of being remote gave us isolation, distraction, rushed meetings, repeat meetings (because we didn’t finish the work) and lost...
Capture That Concept In 3 to 4 Words
I’ve spent time reflecting these last few months, but it’s not for a new business idea. I’m thinking about what I want to leave behind. What can I put out in...
How Self Reflection on a Challenging Year Sets Better Goals
Taking a temperature reading on the year. When it’s a challenging year, you do not feel motivated to reflect on it. But because you have had a challenging...
Playing the Long Game of Remote Mentoring
kg-card-begin: html In my last post, I shared how remote work requires shifting many ways of working and thinking about work. Remote workers often find new...
Pivot Into Your Strengths in Challenging Times
What does your normal workday look like now? What will it look like in a year? That second question stumps everyone, but we all know it will be different....
Why You Want a Remote Mentor for Better Remote Work
kg-card-begin: html Remote work requires shifting many ways of working and thinking about work. Many people have struggled with this during the pandemic and...
When in the ick, principles should stick
kg-card-begin: html I was asked to do a 5 minute Spark Tale for the first Qiqocon user conference on August 5, 2021. I decided to do something a little bit...
The most difficult question to ask right now.
Hey there! One question that I’m having a difficult time with right now usually pops up in the first few minutes of any conversation. A couple of years ago,...
How to Handle Hybrid-Remote
The news around “returning to work” reminds me of the kids’ game of striking the piñata. The lucky player attempts to strike the paper mache figure filled...
Who Takes Care of the Caretaker?
kg-card-begin: html Many organizations continue to move forward with plans to bring people back into the office. Sometimes, this “move forward” feels more...
Does culture change when going remote?
I’ve heard this question many different ways in the last few weeks as people think about returning to the office. Some wonder if their culture shifted during...
Return Gently to the Office - Not Everyone Can or Will Return
kg-card-begin: html In my last two posts, I shared that returning gently included taking small steps and returning with reflection. Someone shared with me...
How not to be clobbered by the the next wave shifting your work
We’ve all been clobbered by the waves of 2020. To watch for that next wave, I try to keep an eye on business and technology news. But, I’ve also been looking...
Return Gently to the Office - Rebuilding with Reflection
kg-card-begin: html I hope many of you are reflecting on “returning gently” to the office. We might want to rush back to “normal”. However, in my last post,...
Return Gently to the Office - Rebuild Routines Slowly
kg-card-begin: html Can you feel it? We are so close to going “back”. Or are we? Whenever I faced something major that disrupted my normal routines, I’ve...
When do you challenge assumptions?
Hello distributed friends: After giving a talk today, I started thinking about how often I challenge my assumptions. Why? Because we often have to challenge...
The power of soft starts online
Hello location-free friends: As I answered some questions of other readers recently, I was reminded of a very simple technique to help you build a friendly...
