Did you see Severance? It’s all about work, and the notion that you can sever your personal self once you swipe into the office. Season 2 just started, Season 1 was fantastic.

This was in Singapore, and I’m probably more a user of Valley products because of my ties there. But it did make me wonder/think: a lot of organizations still aren’t using the basics of async comms, much less building an overall muscle?

I was at a future of work’ish dinner last week and someone from Remote mentioned they use Loom for async video. All the attendees perked up and went to their phone to Google “Loom”.🤔

Tokyo gets it. I think *has* to get it because of demography. But gets it.

can’t stop thinking about this Mary Oliver poem 🥹

This Guy can spin quite a yarn.

Wow, what a story; as sad as it is unsurprising. 😔

Italian Wedding?

Ditto, as more and more people start some form of business, others witness that -- and it becomes more normalized and ok to do; so the social costs plummet too.

All of this, combined w/ the fundamental scale of the web and the opportunities it offers, make me think we'll see this trend accelerate.

Breaking up with it because they can't trust it to deliver for them.

And as the financial cost and friction of starting a business continues to plummet -- AWS, AI and ChatGPT, etc. -- the perceived risk of doing it, at least as a hedge, will too. --> (ctd)

Of course, “starting a business” could mean many different things. It could be moonlighting or gig work, vs. going "all in". But I do find these numbers — esp in the US, where healthcare is *so* tied to your employer — telling.

But people are breaking up with traditional work --> (ctd)

“…the core challenge and requirement of modern leadership is to reduce complexity, ambiguity and uncertainty for our teams, by providing clarity to them. We do this to foster the trust we need to function and thrive in an ambiguous, fast- changing world.’”

“The short answer, I wrote, has everything to do with the central theme we explore together in TalentStories each week, which is that…”

“…the core challenge and requirement of modern leadership is to reduce complexity, ambiguity and uncertainty for our teams, by providing clarity to them. We do this to foster the trust we need to function and thrive in an ambiguous changing world.”

Moved to Long Island when I was 6 (from Nigeria!) and grew up there. Had the sense not to root for the Yanks. ;) Singapore has been home for past 13 years.

It’s a great tool. As I use it I keep thinking how we’ll look back at some point and remember having to use tools like these.

LGM, btw!

And the skills you remix 🙌🏻