127th of 100

Today’s coffee companion is a people person.

We talked about:

• working in social media organisations
• changing companies
• different national cultures and how they approach work
• US organisation structures
• the dysfunction of large organisations
• being able to put up with stuff
• moral boundaries at work
• the Protestant Work Ethic
• Adam Grant’s Give and Take
• Alice Sherwood’s Authenticity
• setting career North Stars
• having to be the representative for an entire people
• mutual contacts
• the power of an inspirational manager
• hybrid working and making the necessary adjustments
• the solace of spreadsheeting being “proper work”
• being intentionally unintentional
• emoji culture

100 Coffees is an experiment in being intentionally unintentional. Take part by signing up for a coffee at https://calendly.com/matt-ballantine

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