Week #10: Because of the Corona virus pandemic, I survived the tenth week of working from home. It was a short week for most Germans, Thursday was a public holiday, Friday I was off. Nevertheless, the stress level remained high. We start to get back to normal on Monday.
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We will work differently together in our local, regional, and global teams (which are virtual most of the time anyway), with our internal and external clients. Business travel will stay reduced dramatically even when it will be possible and safe again. Our everyday work culture has changed, because we are no longer bumping into colleagues by chance on the corridor, the tea kitchen, or the canteen. At the moment, we spend a lot of time in communicating on every channel, sometimes it feels like over-communication. And I think it is not as good as bumping into each other.
What I’ve learned during the Corona Crisis (2)
I am a very privileged person and I am very grateful for that. The main reason for this is my background. Herkunft. In particular, the place where I was born. Wired.
Loosening the restrictions does not mean that the pandemic is over. They just mean that there’s a place for you in the ICU right now.
Having a real Büro in our house was pure luxury in the past. Now it is the main reason why we can work as good as in the office.
Working from home (8)
Week #9: Because of the Corona virus pandemic, I survived the ninth week of working from home. We did our first online lecture for EBS Law School students on Monday. With breakout-workshops, video, polls, and chatting. It felt strange to do that while working from home, but it went pretty smooth, interactive, and in the end successful.
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Don’t let the water run while washing your hands. It is a total waste and you wash your hands more properly.
My children can cook really well. They really like it. But they will never learn how to do the dishes without moaning.
Secretaries can work from home. Associates can work from home. Busines Professionals can work from home. Not that I ever doubted it, but now we have the proof.
For video-conferencing 9+1 participants is the maximum number for coffee talks and 4+1 is the maximum number for real work.
Germans will never learn how to queue properly.
To be continued.
Working from home (7)
Week #8: Because of the Corona virus pandemic, I survived the eighth week of working from home. That week felt a little more „business as usual“ for the first time. The number of online meetings and their duration decreased, and today’s public holiday in the UK also helped me get some real work done.
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Week #7: I survived the seventh week of working from home because of the Corona virus pandemic. I always complain here how bad I am, how exhausting it is, and what can go wrong. This is high-level whining.
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Week #6: I survived the sixth week of working from home because of the Corona virus pandemic. The work volume and intensity remain high. It seems to me that we communicate much more than if we were not working from home. To the list of communication tools this week we add the good old GoToMeeting, BlueJeans (InterCall) and StarLeaf (never heard of before). If my kids were smaller they would think I was a phone/video operator.
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Week #5: I survived the fifth week of working from home because of the corona-virus pandemic. Working? Well, first were the Easter holidays, then I had the rest of the week off at home. As planned we did a culinary tour of Italy, with Prosecco, Vitello Tonato, Pizza, Carpaccio, Spaghetti, Seafood Salad, Gnocchi, Lugana, grilled Scampi, Gorgonzola, Espresso, Limoncello and many other delicacies.
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Week #4: I survived the fourth week of working from home due to the corona-virus pandemic. But it was never so close. Queuing Wednesday evening in front of the supermarket, waiting with 1.5 m distance to the others willing to buy. I didn’t move, but he drove hard into me with his shopping trolley. Germans will never learn how to queue properly.