How I Fell In hashtag#love With Sketchnotes
This post has the MOST number of hashtag#sketchnotes ever used in a newsletter anywhere in the world. (Even the partly visible ones count). And there are more in the newsletter.
How many did you count? Leave your answer in the comments.
India is one of the most hashtag#sleep deprived countries in the world.
If you have an important meeting or exam the next day, make sure you get 8-10 hours of sleep the previous day.
And if you have a colleague who tells you that they can get by with 3-4 hours of sleep, share this post with them.
Children are spending less time playing. When they do, it is done under the watchful eye of a coach. Playtime has been turned into a time to build the kid's resume. The result is frightening
Book Review: What the Heck Do I Do with My Life
A number of you have asked me to add book reviews in the newsletter. Here is a review of Ravi Venkatesan's new book. Check out the hashtag#sketchnote on the entrepreneur's mindset.
Ravi is the first guest on Season 4 of my weekly LinkedIn Live called Dreamers and Unicorns. Do let me know the questions you have about tech and talent.
Culture Building for hashtag#remoteteams
I was invited by LinkedIn News India to join Pallavi Pareek (She/They) and Ankit Vengurlekar (he/him) to discuss this topic. This is a special edition of my hashtag#newsletter
Three Ms That Matter (The other two are explained in the newsletter)
Mental Health: This matters HUGELY in case of a remote work culture. Build the skills of the managers to recognise emotions like grief, stress, burnout etc.
"Why can't you focus on doing JUST ONE THING, " is a constant advice you get. You like juggling a number of projects and excelling at all of them.
You teach yourself new skills continuously - even when you could just get by. Sometimes you are better at it than even the people who have studied the subject. Does that sound like you?
You have a great job, but you wish you could do more. You may be craving to follow a Career 3.0 path but stuck in a Career 1.0 job.
The pandemic will some day soon just wane
But long hours & stress makes it hard to stay sane
Some now want to go back to work, but some just don't
No childcare is the reason many of 'em just won't
Offer sabbaticals even if it goes against your grain
What is 2022 going to be like, we would all like to predict. I am not going to predict anything. I will tell you what YOU should do. I will limit it to two things you should do in 2022 (that rhymes!!)
When You Look for a Mentor, Pick a Digital Native
We are questioning conventional wisdom every day. From media to government to demographics and education, everything is in a spin. Supply chains are choking. Chip shortages are halting auto giants.
When the world is going digital, experienced leaders will do well to pick a mentor who is a digital native. Yes, I am advocating a reverse mentor for everyone above the age of 35.
You need 2 qualities to learn from someone younger. Do you have them?
