The Shift #31
The new lexicon of work for 2021; The boom in Zoom towns; The greatest migration in human history; How to manage a remote team.
Happy 2021.
It’s been a Covid Xmas - I’m in recovery. Julieta tested positive at the hotel just before her flight to Italy and then tier 4 came in so flights from the UK were cancelled anyway. We came home for 10 days of self-isolation. Covid knocked me out - headaches, fatigue, loss of taste and smell, brain fog. But no cough or breathing problems thankfully, I just needed to rest. It feels good to be on the other side and let go of my anxiety about catching it and whether to have the mix-match vaccine (no thanks!) I enjoyed my mini-retirement, binging on Walter Presents, and want more of these in 2021.
I don't do new year resolutions but it’s a good time to reflect on last year, be intentional and build on the positive habits started during lockdown - or ‘stacking’ as James Clear calls it in Atomic Habits. The New York Times Well team has a 7-day challenge for 2021.
If 'unprecedented' was the word of 2020, this year we have two: Flexibility and work from anywhe…
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