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Did you know today is my half-birthday? I wish there was more to celebrate right now (tho leaping dogs & people singing on balconies make me smile). Let’s hope that by my real birthday, things have returned to some sort of new normal. In the meantime...I thought I’d pivot towards exploring the topic of ‘resilience,’ both in products & people.
#techtopic
Resiliency in tech is about preparation for uncertainty & continuous learning. For any product, you want to build in redundancies and back-ups to help ensure that your systems don’t stop working at critical junctures, whether it's for Workday or online games. Most companies have to continually review what systems are defined as critical to the operation of the organizations. It used to be more about infrastructure tools like data storage -- but now, can some companies really operate without access to Google docs or CRM platforms?
Resilient tech is also a category of technologies that help countries & municipalities keep their people healthy, safe, fed and powered. These range from telecom/5G to cybersecurity to managing water crises to disaster recovery. More than ever, these technologies require investment & talent to meet the challenges of our changing world.
Learn more:
#meditation
I love using Headspace - I’m on day 458 of my latest streak, and have found that building a daily meditation practice has been absolutely essential to build my ability to bounce back from adversity. Headspace is offering a collection of free meditations to employers & their employees and I highly suggest checking it out: https://www.headspace.com/work/covid-19
#virtualkaraoke
Instructions included for how to host your very own online karaoke party as you practice physical social distancing. No word yet on whether any of these people will ever want to sing with (or speak with) these people ever again!
https://www.vulture.com/2020/03/how-to-host-zoom-karaoke-while-coronavirus-social-distancing.html
