I was struck over the weekend by this excellent recap of Joe Biden’s digital strategy, which talked about how his team focused on being “authentically Joe” in all corners of the internet, and—maybe most importantly—ignored the Twitter echo chamber:
Read More“The whole Biden campaign ethos was ‘Twitter isn’t real life,’” Mr. Flaherty said. “There are risks of running a campaign that is too hyper-aware of your own ideological corner.”
Happy Labor Day weekend! Speaking of labor, here are a few worthwhile reads about how work is changing:
Seven leadership styles for building organizational resilience ... and one to avoid
New challenges to the concept of working time in the digital reality
The COVID-19 crisis is a chance to do capitalism differently
In a near universal remote work environment, a lot depends on workers being self-starters, managing their own time, and communicating well about their work loads. The biggest hindrance to remote work is collaboration difficulty, so we have to make up the difference with some intentionality.
Some of these skills will be easier than others for certain employees, but all of them are trainable. And over time, they become habits that create a healthy remote work environment.
Read MoreWe’re in the middle of an intense political season in the United States, in which those of us who are politically engaged become hyper-aware of those who are not. The cynicism about the ability of our political process to make any kind of meaningful change for people’s lives is both well-earned and misplaced.
Read MoreMaybe losing
cynicism is like anything else, somewhat smaller than faith,
perhaps on the order of sips or kisses, nothing like
the imploring romanticism of clouds
as they appear in the south, large and fluffy.
—Barbara Ras
Read MoreWe aren’t prepared for the kinds of multi-layered transformations we’re going through right now.
Let’s start with us personally. We’re being asked to change on multiple levels: to switch up our personal behavior in response to a pandemic (wear masks, avoid activities we normally enjoy), while reconciling the negative roles we may have played in a perpetuating racism. (And that’s only in the last couple of months.) Our social context is collapsing in on itself, as we ingest and respond to massive amounts of data in practically real time.
As many have written, our brains simply aren’t wired for this.
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