There are few more pernicious phrases in organisations than ‘not the right fit’. Not white enough. Not able bodied enough. Not middle class enough. Not male enough. Not straight enough. Not compliant enough. Not convergent-thinking enough. Not the right university attended…
Farming counter-points. Welcoming divergence. Actively. *That* is meeting-work. That is how we should judge the worthwhileness of all meetings.
of itself, work. Meeting-work is speaking and listening meaningfully, purposefully, with a point. Towards action. Towards decision. Collaboratively. Inclusively. Asking genuine questions…
We should stop pretending meetings are automatically work. Those meetings that could have been an email are not work. Those meetings that occur solely because they’re diarised are not work. Those meetings designed purely so people can speak, are not work. The act of speaking is not…
Quiet places, collaborative spaces, creative spaces, focused spaces. And setting aside the corporate iconography, there’s lessons here for education. What if we put as much thought into spaces for colleagues as we do spaces for students? www.fastcompany.com/91183352/duo...
Too often, offices are designed as one size fits all. Rapt Studio's design for Duolingo's new downtown New York City office takes a different approach.
‘An inclusive workspace starts with accommodating the neurodiversity of its employees’. Interesting article about Duolingo’s approach to office design, creating a variety of sensory experiences to meet different preferences and different ‘rituals’ of colleagues. 1/
Acknowledging the hedonic treadmill. And even writing your own obituary. There are far worse ways to live a working life than arbejdsglæde. inews.co.uk/inews-lifest...
From making your colleagues laugh, to writing your own obituary, here's how to improve your perspective on your nine to five
Great article here that explores arbejdsglæde. Job crafting, changing your job to elicit maximum meaning. Gamifying your work day. Making meaningful work friendships. Finding purpose. Trusting yourself and that things will work out. 2/
“We spend so much time at work that when it makes us unhappy, it can have a profound impact on our whole lives”. I love Denmark and the term ‘arbejdsglæde’ resonates: a desire to work or to feel like working. When we spend so many years of our lives working, we should enjoy it. 1/
2nd historically. My graduating Arts class of 1980, from a univ with a high proportion w/c & 1st-gen intake (like me), made huge strides in social mobility in the professions. Perhaps because a) it was a more genuinely meritocratic era; b) we were a much scarcer asset.