When Different Birds Share a Perch What a Robin and a Mourning Dove can teach us about the future of work—and each other

When Different Birds Share a Perch. On Substack we explore what a Robin and a Mourning Dove can teach us about the future of work—and each other

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What Happens When the People Who Serve Us Can Afford to Live Among Us? A simple question with profound implications for work, community, and the future of where we live

What happens when people who serve us can afford to live among us? We deep dive into that question on our latest Substack. Subscribe and never miss future posts.

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They Save Our Lives—But Can’t Afford to Live Near Us What happens when the people who serve a community are priced out of it?

What happens when civil servants are priced out of the communities that they serve? A deep dive from the latest What's Your Work Fit? live show with our guest Chris Moeller.
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I Saw Her Bright Future Before She Could Ten years ago, in the middle of fear, illness, and uncertainty, I imagined the life she couldn't; next week, she steps into it

I saw her bright future before she could. 10 years ago, in the middle of fear, illness, and uncertainty, I imagined the life she couldn't; next week, she steps into it as a newly minted registered nurse. dansmolen.substack.com/p/i-saw-her-...

Return-to-Office Isn’t About Strategy. It’s About Fear. And until we admit that, we’ll keep getting workplace decisions wrong

Return-to-Office (RTO) Isn't About Strategy. It's About Fear. Check out this clip from the latest What's Your Work Fit? podcast episode.
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Stop Designing Offices Before You Design Work YouTube video by What's Your Work Fit

Stop Designing Offices Before You Design Work. Our guests on What's Your Work Fit?, authors Sara Escobar and Corinne Murray, describe the costly mistake companies keep making about work—and why it’s failing employees and leaders alike.
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Stop Designing Offices. Start Designing Work. This week's What's Your Work Fit? show forces a difficult question: are you building your work around a place, or your place around your work?

Stop Designing Offices. Start Designing Work. That's where we start today on What's Your Work Fit? with our guests, the authors of WORK Then PLACE Sara Escobar and Corinne Murray.
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Neighbors raise concerns about noisy data center in Loudoun Imagine what it would be like if you had a helicopter havering over your neighborhood all day and night? That’s what residents say that’s kind of what it sounds like at a data center in the Ashburn, V...

In Loudoun County, Virginia, noise from a data center exceeded 90 decibels. Long term exposure to such noise can harm one's hearing. Here's a story from NBCWashington:

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The Cloud Lives Across The Street What happens when the infrastructure of AI shows up 100 yards from your front door?

The Cloud Lives Across the Street. What happens when the infrastructure of AI shows up 100 yards from your front door? This is my latest missive on Substack.

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Is Agentic AI Becoming...Aware? With mind-boggling advancement, it seems as if Agentic AI is quickly approaching consciousness

Is Agentic AI Becoming...Aware? With mind-boggling advancement, it seems as if it is quickly approaching consciousness. Our latest What's Your Work Fit? live show. dansmolen.substack.com/p/is-agentic...

Laid Off Talent Must "Differentiate" to Find New Work Opportunities On What's Your Work Fit? recruiter Kareem Rogers answered the question: How Do I Reinvent Myself After a Layoff?

Laid off talent must "differentiate" to find new work opportunities. Key insight from our What's Your Work Fit? guest, recruiter Kareem Rogers>

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How Do I Reinvent Myself After a Layoff? Our guest on What's Your Work Fit?, Kareem Rogers, helps sidelined professional talent establish their next chapters

How Do I Reinvent Myself After a Layoff? Our guest on What's Your Work Fit?, Kareem Rogers, helps sidelined professional talent establish their next chapters. Catch this important discussion starting at 12PM TODAY, March 11, 2026, or anytime thereafter.

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Cornell Researcher Confirms What Your Worst Meeting Already Told You People most inspired to “synergize paradigms” may be awful at their jobs

Cornell Univ Researcher Confirms What Your Worst Meeting Already Told You: People most inspired to “synergize paradigms” may be awful at their jobs.

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When Space Expands: Will More Square Footage Improve My Work Fit? After 11 years of cramped apartment living I'll soon find out

When Space Expands: Will More Square Footage Improve My Work Fit?

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Imagineering Work Fit in the Age of AI Could designing the modern workplace like a Disney attraction support Work Fit?

Walt Disney invented Imagineering. We're wondering how it can inform work fit in the Age of AI.

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When Praise Becomes Pressure: The Hidden Cost of Workplace Hype For elite performers, in the rink or the workplace, increased expectations render Work Fit elusive

When Praise Becomes Pressure: The Hidden Cost of Workplace Hype. An important read for career high-achievers.

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Work Fit in a 'Fire Horse' Year: Designing Endurance in a Season of Acceleration The Lunar New Year, which starts on Tuesday, February 17, 2026, ushers in an intense, norms crushing Fire Horse Year. During it, how will you achieve your Work Fit?

Work Fit in a 'Fire Horse' Year: Designing Endurance in a Season of Acceleration. The Lunar New Year, which starts on Tuesday, February 17, 2026, ushers in an intense, norms crushing Fire Horse Year. During it, how will you achieve your Work Fit?

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The Quiet Death of Courtesy and Why Its Revival May Be Central to Work Fit Occasionally, young people need to be directed, or redirected at work and in life.

The quiet death of courtesy and why its revival may be central to Work Fit. Subscribe to our Substack for FREE.
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Busyness is Not the Mission of Modern Work When it loses its status in the workplace, better outcomes emerge

Busyness is Not the Mission of Modern Work. When it loses its status in the workplace, better outcomes emerge. Check out our latest on Substack; subscribe to it for FREE.

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The Dhammacetiya Monks’ Walk for Peace Aligns With Our Quest for Work Fit Begun in October, their 2,300 mile journey from Ft. Worth, Texas to Washington, D.C. promoted nonviolence and harmony

The Dhammacetiya Monks’ Walk for Peace Aligns With Our Quest for Work Fit. Begun in October, their 2,300 mile journey from Ft. Worth, Texas to Washington, D.C. promoted nonviolence and harmony. More on Substack:

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Do Super Bowl Ads Actually Work? Years ago, I was an ad agency exec; I'm still asking the question posed here

Do Super Bowl ads actually work? Years ago, I was an ad agency exec; I'm still asking the question...

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What Actually Matters in My Day? In a day that includes work and other things, successful careerists strive to determine: What gets me to my Work Fit?

In a day that includes work and other things, successful careerists strive to determine: What gets me to my Work Fit? Check out our latest Substack and subscribe for FREE.

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Can Rural Communities Once Again Drive Work Fit? Small, long forgotten communities like Virginia's Northern Neck are reimagining their spaces as optimal ones to live and work

Can Rural Communities Once Again Drive Work Fit? Small, long forgotten communities like Virginia's Northern Neck are reimagining their spaces as optimal ones to live and work. Our latest Substack post considers the rural future.

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Reimagining Higher Education: What If More Schools Looked Like Babson? Many institutions are not Division I cash cows; they have to get inventive to remain relevant and help students achieve work fit

Reimagining Higher Education: What If More Schools Looked Like Babson? Many institutions are not Division I cash cows; they have to get inventive to remain relevant and help students achieve work fit. Check out our latest on Substack and subscribe for FREE.

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Out Sick, Still Online: The New Theater of Illness in the Modern Workplace Under-the-weather leaders, especially, need to model good practice: rest up and log off

Out Sick, Still Online: The New Theater of Illness in the Modern Workplace. Check out my latest missive on Substack. Subscribe for FREE.

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The Most Dangerous Time in Your Career Is When Everything Is Going Well Knowing when to move on to something new is key to achieving work fit

The Most Dangerous Time in Your Career is When Everything is Going Well, our latest Substack post on when to consider a career transition. Subscribe for FREE.

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In Defense of Boredom Time For a day founded on Work Fit, not every part has to be intense and structured

For a day founded on Work Fit, not every part has to be intense and strutted. Explore our Defense of Boredom Time and do subscribe to our Substack.

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Where the World Gets Work Fit Right — and What We Can Learn from Them These communities didn’t stumble into Work Fit, they intentionally built it

Where the World Gets Work Fit Right--and What We Can Learn from Them. An important deep dive of this topic on our Substack. Subscribe for FREE!

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Who Should We Be Preparing for Leadership Before They Raise Their Hands? The future of leadership will not be realized by selecting the loudest voices

Who Should We Be Preparing for Leadership Before They Raise Their Hands? Check out our latest deep dive on on Substack. Subscribe for FREE.

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The Worker-Informed Workplace: Why Treating Employees as Stakeholders Changes Everything Modern work will be driven by a company's most-important assets: its people

The Worker-Informed Workplace: Why Treating Employees as Stakeholders Changes Everything.

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