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DIGEST | The Weekly Newsletter
Friday 21st August 2020

Hello and welcome to DIGEST your weekly leadership and innovation update.

This week in the leadership area there is a focus on culture and values and in the career area there are articles on purpose, reason for being and career insurance

And if you haven't already, check out episode 1 of the iTHINK podcast, Melissa and I have done a heap of excellent interviews over the last week and are busy working on the next episodes.

Have a great week and stay safe

Crispin.

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LEADERSHIP

20 August 2020

Ten Steps Leaders Can take to Rebuild Trust in Untrusting Times

Leadership is a relationship that requires cultivation, influence comes from a wide variety of sources and based on respect. This article looks at the trust relationship between leaders and employees, citing recent troubles at Facebook, Google, Amazon, Target, Walmart and many more. Wharton adjunct professor management Greg P Shea offers ten steps for rebuilding trust […]

20 August 2020

How To Keep Your Culture Alive When You Go Virtual

This article is written by Raj Jana founder of the JavaPresse Coffe Company and he explains what he has been doing to keep the company culture going now that everyone is working from home. He proposes three specific tactics to help keep the culture alive through the virtual meetings. Nurture a meeting culture to connect […]

20 August 2020

Starting a Company that Prioritises Career Growth

This article is based around an interview with Donna Hager, CEO and founder of architecture and engineering firm Macan Deve, she built her senior career as an VP engineer working for the world’s largest construction company and then she left. She started her company in 2015 based on some very different ideals, a construction engineering […]

19 August 2020

What is 'Career Insurance' and how do you develop it during uncertain times

What is ‘Career Insurance’ and how do you develop it in uncertain times? It has been a long time since we have seen so much uncertainty across every industry. No role is truely safe in the current environment and without psychological safety its nearly impossible to be effective in your role (see previous articles on […]

18 August 2020

Seven (R) Ways to Rally Your Remote Team in Confusing Times

Managing your team in these difficult and confusing times requires leaders to communicate effectively in ways that measures, motivates and inspires. Your team is looking to you for guidance here are seven ways to rally the troops (and they all start with R) Realistic – Be open and honest about the current complexities. It may […]

CAREER

Starting a Company that Prioritises Career Growth

20 August 2020

The Importance of Purpose in Times of Crisis for Individuals and Corporations

19 August 2020

“Creating strong links to an individual purpose benefits individuals and companies alike—and could be vital in managing the postpandemic uncertainties that lie ahead.” Igniting individual purpose in times of crisis, McKinsey Quarterly, 18th August 2020 It is widely recognised that companies around the world are extremely challenged facing the current crisis, so how important is […]

What is 'Career Insurance' and how do you develop it during uncertain times

19 August 2020

Ikigai - finding your reason for being

12 August 2020

Ikigai is a Japanese phrase that essentially defines your reason for being, it is the connection between doing what you love, what you value and what you are good at. Your Ikigai is not just about your career it is a more pure reflection of your sense of purpose and wellbeing. Numerous books have been […]

DISTRACTION

Stunning knives hand made in Australia

Stoxart makes art out of stock charts

Inside NSO, Israel's billion dollar spyware giant (paywall)

Who doesn't love a domino challenge this one has 250,000 dominoes

Lift etiquette and the pandemic - Economist (paywall)

If you are sick of Netflix and looking for something new, this crime solving challenge may be for you

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