Working remotely has become the new normal for many of us—so much so that we may not quite realize what we’re missing. Ben Waber of the workplace analytics firm Humanyze has now quantified one COVID-era casualty: the number of informal conversations we have with coworkers. During the pandemic, Waber found, the average number of co-workers […] The post The conversations we’re not having appeared first on Annie Murphy Paul.| Annie Murphy Paul
In today’s information-saturated workplace, there’s too much knowledge for any one person to keep tabs on. Yet all relevant knowledge must somehow be marshaled and applied in order to accomplish a complex task. The solution to this dilemma lies in creating what psychologists call a “transactive memory system,” in which each person on a team […] The post The importance of knowing what your teammates know appeared first on Annie Murphy Paul.| Annie Murphy Paul
During this pandemic year, we’ve been living as individuals—isolated individuals, practicing personal responsibility, wearing our own masks, washing our own hands. We’ve done this for the good of the collective as well as to preserve our own health—but the “collective” has existed mostly as an abstract idea. What we haven’t experienced in a while is […] The post The joy of letting go of our individuality appeared first on Annie Murphy Paul.| Annie Murphy Paul
Most all of us are familiar with the novelist John le Carré. How many of us have heard of his wife, Jane Cornwell? Yet Jane was a “crucial, covert collaborator” in the creation of le Carré’s books, writes the couple’s son, Nick, in an essay in the Guardian. Nick’s article is a beautiful portrait […] The post John le Carré didn’t write alone appeared first on Annie Murphy Paul.| Annie Murphy Paul