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Mostly just by being human. Two examples: 1. We had an all-staff conference call, and right as it was starting a baby started crying loudly. The CEO laughed
by OldHand2018 6y ago
Mostly just by being human. Two examples:
1. We had an all-staff conference call, and right as it was starting a baby started crying loudly. The CEO laughed and said it had been a really long time since he's heard that in his house. Once it was quiet, he carried on as if nothing happened.
2. I was in the middle of a conference call, speaking about something or another and my son starts his guitar lesson with the amp turned up way too loud. The executive on the call yells out "Smoke on the Water! Sounds great!" and while I'm frantically texting my wife to get the volume turned down he talks about how he got to play basketball with his son in the driveway at lunch and how great it was to see his kids so much more now.
Our company has been doing a lot better than expected since the pandemic started, so that probably takes a lot of the pressure off.
- cameronbrown 6y ago> Mostly just by being human. If there's anything the corporate world could do with, it's probably this. And not the fake kind of human that's been popularised by "modern" companies (where things seem bubbly but aren't backed up by an actual culture of respect). I honestly believe that we can all make better products and company cultures this way.
- giantg2 6y agoYep, my company fakes it. Awesome policies on paper, but they don't follow their own rules.