Weeknote 683: two years

This week I have learned…

After two years at Equal Experts, I’m more convinced than ever that if you want engaged employees, you need to make their work engaging. There’s no point in doing stuff around the periphery that takes their mind off the sheer mindlessness of a job designed exclusively around the needs of the organisation. Work needs to be engaging, with autonomy, mastery, and purpose.
That said, it’s not perfect. But I find ways to navigate the trickier stuff or have people who can help point me in the right direction.
It’s difficult to believe that someone who has been able to navigate to the highest political position in the land is so incompetent at politics. The funniest thing is when he then lectures people to not politicise things that are, objectively, politics. 3 weeks, 6 days and counting…
Bringing together Organisational Psychology and nudge theory is a novel approach to delivering organisational change. I’m looking forward to finding ways to try that out.
There is definitely a new book in the side project department.
I’ve found my first Lego Serious Play opportunity.
Being able to do full text searching across my whole ebook library, using the app Calibre and a bit of jiggery-pokery is very interesting as a starting point for research. Possibly overwhelming.
Whilst the 100Coffees project is complete, the opportunity to have coffee with strangers is still there. Thanks to Philip for a wonderful chat this week.
I’ve just ordered a pair of varifocals. I’m now officially old.