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Preparing your workplace for election chaos—no matter the outcome
Tomorrow the United States finishes the most chaotic presidential election of our lifetimes. It’s easy to get lost in the day-to-day news cycle, but taking a step back, consider the unprecedented nature of this cycle…
Pocket Change: Media, Metacognition, and Management
December’s notes on disruption from 18 Coffees co-founder Caleb Gardner exploring how current events are impacting business.
Pocket Change: When inclusion is inconvenient
March’s notes on disruption from 18 Coffees co-founder Caleb Gardner exploring the inequities of layoffs within DEI.
Pocket Change: The infrastructure problem
November’s notes on disruption from 18 Coffees co-founder Caleb Gardner digging into the fragility of social infrastructure.
Pocket Change: When disruption gets personal
October’s notes on disruption from 18 Coffees co-founder Caleb Gardner exploring personal change and disruption.
Beyond decision fatigue: Getting started leading change
Leaders often know what needs to change, but don’t have the resources or experience to know how to get change off the ground. They are often scrappy and willing to put in the work—they just need a roadmap.
Pocket Change: What do we owe the future?
August’s notes on disruption from 18 Coffees co-founder Caleb Gardner exploring effective altruism and looking to the future — while also taking necessary action right now.
Why I wrote “No Point B” (and how I did it)
There is no end point to disruption. We need to reframe transformation as a constant process and start building our adaptive capabilities now for whatever comes next — and that’s what I’ve tried to capture in “No Point B.”
Pocket Change: Collective effervescence & stubborn optimism
June’s notes on disruption from 18 Coffees co-founder Caleb Gardner exploring stubborn optimism as changemakers drive corporate social good.
The Six Ps: How to respond to a social crisis with care and commitment
Our personal lives and our work lives have always intersected. Now, the walls are coming down, and leaders need to be prepared to react to social pressure, navigate the new realities of a socially-aware employee base, and embrace the new responsibility of pastoral care over their workforce.
Pocket Change: “Business as usual”
May’s notes on disruption from 18 Coffees co-founder Caleb Gardner, exploring effects of societal impacts on employees’ well-being.
Pocket Change: Employee activism and disinformation
April’s notes on disruption from 18 Coffees co-founder Caleb Gardner, taking a deeper dive on employee activism and disinformation.
How Remote Work Created an Equity Imperative
Conversations about equity are rising to the forefront just as work is disaggregating from physical locations. Cultural norms reinforced through everyday interactions are giving way as the individualization of work spotlights longstanding inequities at work.
Pocket Change: The new global oligarchy
March’s notes on disruption from 18 Coffees co-founder Caleb Gardner.
Pocket Change: Movement language in the boardroom
February’s notes on disruption from 18 Coffees co-founder Caleb Gardner exploring the importance of consistent internal communication, education, and engagement.
Pocket Change: “I do not dream of labor”
January’s notes on disruption from 18 Coffees co-founder Caleb Gardner.
Pocket Change: Strategic Optimism
December’s notes on disruption from 18 Coffees co-founder Caleb Gardner.
Trump is Gone, but Social Media’s Toxic Power Remains
The destructive potential of Twitter and Facebook is rooted in more than any one account. Here’s what we have to do next to keep it in check.