Regardless of whether we would have chosen this context for inspiration, it is foolhardy to pass up the chance to strengthen the value our businesses bring to the marketplace and to our “people”.
COVID is creating a chance, or maybe a need, to ask what you can do to support a broader community than the one that normally shelters under your company’s umbrella.
It is easy to focus on the financial ties that bind an employer to their team when trying to “do the right thing”. But there is more to it than that.
Both of us are familiar with Conway’s Law (system design will reflect the organization that created it). But Andrew’s talk outlined a very different approach to realignment than mine.