Over the last 12 months, Harry and Hanna have gone through plenty of turbulence, uncertainty and chaos at work. My wife and I hadn’t seen them in a while since Harry moved away for his job so sitting down to pizza on a recent Friday night was a treat for us. Uncertainty, unpredictability and chaos at work and in their life started a little over a year ago when Harry got laid off due to a major downsizing. Around the […]
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Over a catch-up dinner last week, a friend confided something I did not expect to come out of his mouth. An executive with a big firm he said, “I’m starting to feel like a commodity.” Are we all becoming a commodity? Are we so easily replaceable? Is this what the chaos, uncertainty, unpredictability and complexity is causing us to feel? That we’re no different from anyone else. Is this the root cause of stress and anxiety at work? I went […]
Read moreShe greeted me with the same positive, glowing smile she always does but had an inquisitive look on her face today. “Hey Bob!!! What are you doing home during the week? Did your house get flooded with the hurricane? All ok?”, Elma asked as I walked into her dry cleaning store today to drop off my shirts. I explained that I’m home this week because I’m on vacation and was attempting to spend some quality time with the kids before […]
Read moreCNN has a countdown clock on their screen 24/7 for the last few days, counting down to the August 2nd deadline for a deal on whether or not the US would raise our debt ceiling. It’s the talk of the town, from DC to Shanghai, apparently. Can you believe this? I mean, seriously? We need a clock counting down to potential disaster? Come on…Really? My problem is not with the debt issue and that’s not the point of this post. […]
Read moreI had been thinking and thinking for a long time about whether or not I should pursue something new at work. I thought long and hard and weighed the pros and cons of this path for a while now. Pursuing it would mean a small change in my career. But I wasn’t sure about making that change especially given uncertainty around every corner of business today. There were a lot of questions that I wanted clarity around, such as: Will […]
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