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The Power of Social

The Power of Social

If you want to understand the power of social networks, you can learn a lot from going to funerals. I suppose I could learn more if I went to more, but I'm glad that I don't have to. This weekend was my last Aunt's funeral. She made it to 88 years old and had a good...

The Legacy of Robert Moses

The Legacy of Robert Moses

For those of you who have never heard of Robert Moses, he was a city official in New York in the early part of the 20th century. A rather large Pulitzer Prize-winning book called The Powerbroker was written about his life. If you can get through the nearly 1300 pages,...

Officewashing Anyone?

Officewashing Anyone?

Officewashing isn’t really a term yet, but I hope it becomes one. I first heard the term the other day in a comment from  Ana Lucas so if you are planning to trademark it, time may be short 😊 If you are wondering about the boring office picture...

Three Strikes Plus One

Three Strikes Plus One

There are currently three strikes going on in the United States. We have the auto strike against the big three automakers. We have the writers’ strike. And we also have the actor’s strike. And then we have the whole return to office backlash. Now while the latter is...

The Office Ecosystem

The Office Ecosystem

The Office ecosystem as we know it is effectively broken. mandates are no mandates. People returning to the office won't work because the ecosystem surrounding the office, in most cases no longer exists. People don't think of offices as being part of an ecosystem....

Remote Work Time Machine

Remote Work Time Machine

I've concluded that remote work is essentially a time machine. It's a different way of looking at it. I can thank Scott Galloway for the idea. He is my new spirit animal. I happened to read one of his articles that he wrote four years ago about time...