Five months ago, a new employee joined our company. I knew he was an incredibly focused, driven guy. Detail-oriented, precise, all-business (in a good way). What I didn't know was that he is also a human jungle gym ... or at least his three kids seem to think so.
Mid-Zoom call this week, a giggling trio burst into his home office to crawl all over him. He good-naturedly rolled his eyes and tried to continue his presentation — flying kid elbows be damned. With this glimpse into his life as a parent, our relationship immediately, and incalculably, deepened.
The irony, of course, is that this humanizing moment happened on a screen.
To be clear, I don't think the future of work is 100% remote. Nothing can beat in-person, and lots of us are realizing that now. But here's the thing, the experience of working remotely — of not being in person — has had the unexpected consequence of more fully humanizing the people we work with. And that's a really good thing.
As we slowly return to our offices in the months ahead, we've got an opportunity to bring some of these shifts in outlook, and shifts in how we work, back with us. Here are three lessons I want to remember, and what I hope doesn't go back to "business as usual."
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