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EMBRACE STREAMING “Change your perspective and reality changes” — Aristoteles Last month we talked about one of the biggest questions the executives are asking:  “How do we keep people from quitting without paying them more?” You could argue better workload etc. but those can also be quantified as pay, I want to propose a more creative solution that will please both sides. The first one was to encourage work from home. This time we will talk about Embrace Streamlining. There is an archaic idea that the worker must always suffer at work. The owners of this idea will not admit it, but their actions speak louder than words and they will try to hide it behind “Not a good look” or “It doesn’t look professional.” These people got away with it at a time of abundance when after the loss caused by such bad practices, you still were able to make a profit. It is from simple things, such as not letting cashiers sit while working to making sick leave worse than the disease itself, such as asking for a doctor’s note — from a job that does not provide health insurance. I have a simple principle as a manager and a teammate. Trust above all else; if I cannot trust you to do your job to the best of your ability, at a pace that you know how to choose, then that is not a thing that can be fixed without a major shake-up and only that person can fix it. Bosses must be able to fundamentally trust that their workers can do their job after being trained and slowly let go of the leash and let people work to the best of their ability. These “Cruelty is the point” practices are not only deplorable ethically they are also harmful financially. Exponentially so the higher skill and responsibility levels involved. Effectively, this paradigm shift can let people optimize their work to not only provide better performance but also make it more consistent. Sure, there will be crunch times, but I am yet to meet an artist or developer that would not perform crunch for a project they care for. I think management needs to learn to trust their workers and workers live up to that trust. The other part of this process is embracing improvements, automation, and comforts. If you find a way to do a job better or more comfortably and the management resists their silly reasoning, then it is time to look elsewhere for the worker and time to understand this potential improvement. The days of low-efficiency businesses are dying as we are in a more receding tide of the economy. Read More From This Writer All Post Art Books Business Culture Education Entertainment Food Government Health Interviews Lower West Side Business & Economic Development Medical Military & Veterans Our Community Peace People Sports Who We Are EMBRACE STREAMING September 13, 2022/No Comments POST TITLE (CAPITAL) Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Ut elit tellus, luctus nec ullamcorper mattis, pulvinar dapibus Read More STRUGGLING WITH BASIC ECONOMIC PRINCIPLES August 13, 2022/No Comments STRUGGLING WITH BASIC ECONOMIC PRINCIPLES In the wake of continued “The Great Resignation” companies are still struggling with basic economic Read More UNDERSTANDING  EMOTIONAL CURRENCY July 13, 2022/No Comments UNDERSTANDING EMOTIONAL CURRENCY The idea that our emotional capacity has limits is not a new concept but anyone who has Read More Load More End of Content.

In the wake of continued “The Great Resignation” companies are still struggling with basic economic principles, which is understandable because most of them have never seen the power shifting to the labor as they collectively started to wake up. Now we are hearing from the insiders in corporate America’s 1-billion-dollar question, a question but more of a ‘squirm’ from corporations who do not want years of wage depression to affect their record-breaking profits. “How do we retain our talent without raising pay?” Yes, if you investigate any work forum with employees around and above middle management, you will hear this often. The most common answer has been laughably coming from MBA’s, “More team building events, more pizza parties!” The level of obliviousness that can only be rivaled by most out-of-touch emperors. Today however I would like to present other answers to this mind-boggling question for out-of-touch oligarchs. Encourage work from home: I was writing about the benefits of working from home even before the pandemic. Sadly, it takes a massive global crisis for us to make progress sometimes. It is baffling to this day there are still workplaces that try to resist this despite the obvious benefits for the company, namely: You now can reduce the needed office space, directly cutting overhead massively. Large meetings no longer have physical constraints. No excuses for being late or reserving a conference room.  No more productivity loss due to water cooler/cubicle chatter.  No more recruitment constraints for location, no need to pay for employee relocation. If the best programmer I am looking for is living in a bunker in the middle of Arkansas, I can now have him join us without any issues.  No need to pay for lunch catering. Let’s consider the benefits of this for employees, mind you every one of these makes the position more enticing and people will be considering these when making decisions to leave or stay.  No more commuting, need I say more? Cut to dry cleaning costs, some savings of time and money for people who need to wear suits. Ability to collaborate with teammates anytime, anywhere. Ability to take care of other chores during breaks/lunch breaks.  Much greater control over one’s environment. There may be some cons to this and now that we have seen various companies experimenting with working from home we can now more accurately list the cons: Some people who have little control over their work area have more distractions. These may prefer a more hybrid model. Chatty catty employees cannot bother people in their cubicles. People without basic IT skills can have problems troubleshooting the issues with their connection to work on computers; fortunately, with now remoting in, this has been largely mitigated. Now comes the largest one: Middle managers who did not contribute anything to their teams now are at risk of being found out and losing their jobs. This terrifies them for such people generally get their positions by cozying up to the higher-ups and working from home makes it much harder. Some people will do anything to avoid an honest day’s work sadly and the main thing they will do is scream and shout how change is bad, and they deserve their positions. In the next issue, we will be looking at another addition to this answer, Embrace Streamlining Read More From This Writer All Post Art Books & Poems Business Community Education Entertainment español Food & Culture Health Interviews Military & Veterans Peace People Politics Sports RISH TAKING AND CAPITAL December 13, 2022/No Comments You may have heard recently how Elon Musk has been firing, at times illegally depending on region and contract, people Read More HOW TO CONSUME MEDIA WHILE AVOIDING PROPAGANDA October 13, 2022/No Comments HOW TO CONSUME MEDIA WHILE AVOIDING PROPAGANDA Let’s start by stating the obvious, corporate media not only lies but also Read More EMBRACE STREAMING September 13, 2022/No Comments EMBRACE STREAMING “Change your perspective and reality changes” — Aristoteles Last month we talked about one of the biggest questions Read More Load More End of Content.

UNDERSTANDING EMOTIONAL CURRENCY The idea that our emotional capacity has limits is not a new concept but anyone who has been regularly reaching their emotional limits will know it is a strange thing and it does not simply get “refilled” the next day and we may require more than one day, and certain interactions will consume more of it. To give you a betterr perspective, think about the term, “I don’t have the time to do X.” In truth, we both know it is not that you do not have the time, but you do not have the energy to do it. You need this “time” to do recharging activities. In other words — recharging emotional energy. Being aware of this concept is an important step in increasing control over life and when done right, effectively increasing the time we have available to ourselves. We spend over 70% of our days not fully in control of habits etc. By doing the activities that recharge us more and avoiding things that drain us. In theory, we can increase the effective use of this energy that bottlenecks our productivity and have “more time”. Think about what activities make you feel ready to go and tackle the next thing on your list. Note down those things and try to move things around to add that activity more to your life. Then think of things that drain your emotional energy then avoid them. It is hard to predict how much you will be drained, however, we know that just like a muscle we can improve its capacity, and just like a muscle we can injure it if we do not use it properly. Read More From This Writer All Post Art Books Business Culture Education Entertainment Food Government Health Interviews Lower West Side Business & Economic Development Medical Military & Veterans Our Community Peace People Sports Who We Are UNDERSTANDING  EMOTIONAL CURRENCY July 13, 2022/No Comments POST TITLE (CAPITAL) Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Ut elit tellus, luctus nec ullamcorper mattis, pulvinar dapibus Read More THE NUMBER ONE ENEMY OF ANY INVESTOR: EMOTIONS June 13, 2022/No Comments THE NUMBER ONE ENEMY OF ANY INVESTOR: EMOTIONS If you are among the lucky and shrinking few who have lived Read More UKRAINE May 13, 2022/No Comments UKRAINE While the war is raging on in Ukraine, Russia is suffering significant defeats on the Northern Front and is Read More Load More End of Content.