Covid is endemic, as are its wounds to our psyche. The “Great Resignation” will pale compared to the collective cognitive slowdown Covid has caused and will continue to cause at home and at work. Our companies and capitalist societies are hooked on growth, performance, and productivity. We will need to wean ourselves from them because–if […]
The Great Resignation & why we need more caring companies that measure kindness and giving at work. We’re in business to save our home planet. (Patagonia’s mission statement) We carry inside us the wonders we seek outside us. (Sufi poet Rumi) As the great resignation reshuffles the workforce, experts mention remote work or childcare issues
A modest proposal and the making of a caring company Read More »
Open talent platforms are in a unique position to pioneer and design the future of work. Interest in the “freelance revolution” is strong — there were already 60 million freelancers in the U.S in 2020 (up two million from the prior year). With the rapid growth of the open talent arena, new challenges arise, both out of the pandemic,
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With Mel Martin If we learn to love ourselves as we truly are, we‘re one step closer to mental health & making safe workplace. We have privileged appearance and success and ignored mental health as a society for so long that our mental health barometer is off. We believe that it is time for a reset of
To improve mental health at work, we need to take off our emotional masks. Read More »
Ten years ago, Psychology Today warned that a “silent tsunami” of mental disorders in the workplace “could engulf organizations in [a] myriad of productivity and profitability problems as well as legal liabilities unless mental health is addressed as seriously as are marketing, compensation, and strategic plans.”[1] The silent tsunami is here, consisting of mental health issues, the need
MH at work: from self care seminars to employment law Read More »
No one knows all the sacrifices that you make just to be good. Naomi Osaka[i] [Michael’s] career came before his happiness. He dedicated every breath and heartbeat to accomplishing what he did. He sacrificed the self to be the greatest. Michael Phelps’ wife, Nicole Johnson Phelps[ii] You have spent decades honing a skill at which you outperform
Who are the Naomi Osakas and Michael Phelps of the business world? We are. Read More »
“Making art allows the lava of emotions pent-up inside of me to flow out slowly, avoiding an eruption. I fear that if people don’t express themselves creatively, all the natural frustrations of life will boil up and burst out uncontrollably, with less-than-ideal repercussions.” — Gregory Burns Many of us search out outlets for our pent-up lava
Feeling stressed or anxious? Reach for a pencil or paintbrush instead of your smartphone Read More »
With Mel Martin and Alfredo Sáenz “The question for all of us is: how do we get up again after this K.O.rona? Corona is a trauma. It is also a teacher. We have to learn as much as you can from it to prepare for the future, not to dream of the “best version of
Our April 20, 2020 op-ed entitled “The next pandemic? A mental health crisis?” warned corporate leaders and public health officials that the Covid-19 pandemic would take an even deeper toll on Americans’ mental health than on their physical health. Sadly, we were right. The toll on mental health is staggering. Nearly one third of Americans are experiencing symptoms of clinical depression
Grief is generally taboo in the workplace, despite evidence that it erodes performance both short and long term. With Dr. Hise O. Gibson “Grief should not be locked away, because once you put the sadness in the box, if not dealt with, it will reemerge at the most inopportune times and in far less controllable
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