Work Futures Update | Metaphors Matter
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2020–03–16 Beacon NY | I missed a week because I was filling the bomb shelter with provisions. (I just call the basement a bomb shelter: it’s not, really. Although it looks like one, now.)
Quote of the Week
A person who doesn’t think metaphors matter is half blind.
| Stowe Boyd
In Scaling Up To Wholesale Remote Work, the newest installment in the new Work Talk series, I explore the challenges of what many businesses are facing: going 100% remote, all at once.
While many businesses have allowed occasional working from home, most businesses operate around the premise that most people, most of the time, are working from a company office. People schedule face-to-face meetings that take place in conference rooms, at people’s desks, or at the corner Starbucks, and they rely on proximity to conduct a great deal of the daily business informally and spontaneously. It’s well-known that sitting more than 50 meters away from a colleague drastically decreases interaction with them. What will 50 miles do to that relationship? Then…
