Myth Busting – The Hybrid Workplace
In a previous blog post I covered the subtle differences between Remote and Distributed Work, and how we should be a bit more careful when using one or the other concept in order to avoid further...
View ArticleTwitter Is Where My Conversations Went to Die
Over the course of the last few weeks a few folks have been asking me repeatedly why have I gone silent in Twitter for more than a year now without publishing a single tweet thus far. Back in the day,...
View ArticleThings I Terribly Miss in Twitter
As a result of this blog post, a good number of you folks have been asking me, over the last couple of days, whether I still see the value of Twitter or not. Frankly, if I had discovered it just about...
View ArticleHow to Stop LinkedIn’s Toxic Algorithmic Manipulation
I am grateful LinkedIn has, finally, managed to open up my eyes and leave behind the lab rat race it’s become over the years. I am grateful it has pushed me over the edge and facilitated, for good, my...
View ArticleMyth Busting – Office vs. Remote / Distributed Culture
Culture. That’s a fully loaded word, isn’t it? I mean, pretty much on the same level as the other two ‘Cs’: Collaboration and Community. I bet, when asked, we all have a definition for it. I suspect...
View ArticleMyth Busting – Can’t Build Social Capital with Remote / Distributed Work
Remember when Social Capital was cool back in the mid-90s at the same time Knowledge Management (KM) was in fashion? Remember when we decided to kill both just a few years later, as we purposely...
View ArticleMyth Busting – Innovation Can Only Happen at the Office
Apparently, innovation can only happen within the four physical walls of an office. Who knew, right? Or, at least, that’s what we have been told by certain people, once more, as another false...
View ArticleMyth Busting – Synchronous vs. Asynchronous Work
Working remotely, or distributedly, in an effective manner, is hard work. It always has been, no doubt. In fact, I would dare to state how, over the course of the last 2.5 years, since the pandemic...
View ArticleMyth Busting – Are You Working Longer Hours while Remote / Distributed?
Who knew? I guess people didn’t see this one coming. Apparently, ever since the pandemic started, we seem to be working longer hours. To the point of exhaustion. At least, that’s what we are being...
View ArticleMyth Busting – Does Office Small Talk Really Matter while Working Remote /...
Apparently, it does, but then again it may well be another myth that needs some busting when talking about the impact of remote / distributed work in shifting plenty of our mental models, behaviours...
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