It has been a rough week on the old homestead. Part 1: Accepting a Paid Caregiver Battle My husband's family has been arguing with his parents about bringing in paid help. Since the pandemic started, my sister-in-law and brother-in-law have been working from home full-time. During that time, my father- and mother-in-law have gotten more …
Yesterday, I started a new course in Futures Thinking. What is Futures Thinking? Futures Thinking is a structured format of noticing current trends, following them forward, and describing possible outcomes at some point in the future, often 10 years out or more. It’s not predictive – saying this is definitely what will happen – it …
I have a good friend whose demeanor has so much gravitas that, even in a crowded room, when he has a thought he wants to share, he just lifts one finger and takes a breath, and a silence falls as all look to him for his wisdom. When I first met him, it irritated me. …
What works better: coming down hard on someone who rebels against the change you want to see – or coopting them to be part of the solution? When I was managing change for Barnes & Noble, this was something I gave a lot of thought to. In the decades that I worked there, we regularly …
When you have too much to do, do you share the work? Many people are suffering right now because of the overwhelming amount of work that they need to do, at work – which has been complicated and made more intensive by WFH – and at home, where the woman’s work that was never done …
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