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Let's get to it, Five posts that touched a nerve with the community this week

The Friday Five

Listen

They asked me to go and talk to customers. I said, No, I'm not going to do that. I'm going to go and listen - Vittorio Viarengo

An overnight sensation, years in the making. Don't do what Vittorio says, Do what Vittorio does, Which is turn on the camera, ask questions, listen, and build community. Not just now and then, but consistently over years. The technology and platforms may change over time, Listening to customers never ages out

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Social Mode

The version of the office, which is living on, which is what the future is, is socialization, social mode - Nick Bloom

Digital Work, digital workflows, digital information distribution. Spend valuable time together building trust, strengthing bonds, tightening the team, and understanding nuance. Many were already working this way. We've just formalized it so the Real Estate team can begin the reconfigure.

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Connections

Peripheral players: people who are connected but they're not at the center of gravity. They're the ones who are able to introduce new ideas that might push against the norms of the group because they have a bit of that shielding - Andreas Hoffbauer, PhD

Each unique type brings an attribute and behavior that strengthens the group. The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.

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Team Anywhere

I might come into the office about once a quarter - Scott Farquhar

Atlassian - Look to more modern leaders for methods to model

Excerpt from 'Software CEO worth almost $12 billion says he goes into the office ‘about once a quarter,’ bucking the return to office trend in Big Tech' by Nicholas Gordon, Fortune - https://fortune.com/2023/08/29/atlassian-ceo-scott-farquhar-office-once-a-quarter-remote-work/

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Romanticist

I got into HR to save the world, develop leaders, and motivate the next generation of workers. My first assignment was to lay off 200 people in one day - Kelly Monahan, Ph.D.

What's the new social contract between payee and payor when the burden of benefits shifts to the worker? What does the future of identity and occupation co-mingling look like?

Digital Shingle replacing BigCo business card?

Full-Lenth conversation

Remote Work’s Impact on the Gig Economy - Kelly Monahan, Ph.D., Ph.D., Upwork | The Remotely One Podcast with Rick Haney and Kaleem Clarkson Ep057 2023-July-12 - YouTube - https://lnkd.in/gRZFf9GG - or wherever you podcast

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