As someone who’s worked remotely for a good chunk of my professional life, I’ve always been dubious about the need for companies to require downtown office spaces.
Yes, the social aspect of being around your colleagues can be hugely beneficial, both in a professional mindset and a mental health one – but apart from that, do we really need to be in a confined space together to do our best work?
My belief is no.
CONTINUE READINGSo today’s Wednesday, April 15. Though it’d be hard to tell that by looking out into my yard today, with the fresh dump of snow we received overnight.
Seriously, anyone would be forgiven for thinking that we’d skipped a couple of seasons, flipped summer and fall the bird, and just headed straight back to winter.
READ MORESo it’s midweek here in Port Sydney, Ontario, where I live. Our kids are on the third day of their extended March Break and, much like everyone else in this new normal we find ourselves in, it’s starting to kick in.
The frustration. The boredom. And, yes, the anger.
READ MORESo a year or so ago – January 11, to be precise – I published a piece on this blog about some of the changes that I was going to be making.
I’d been experimenting with podcasting for a few months leading up to the post, and had really enjoyed the experience.
READ MOREThe departure lounge is getting fuller these days.
A quote from a book I’ve just finished, “Made in Scotland: My Grand Adventures in a Wee Country” by Scottish comedic legend Billy Connolly.
It refers to a conversation between him and an old friend. Both men are in their 70’s, and seeing more of their friends die around them as they enter old age.
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