Working from home (12)

Week #14: Because of the Corona virus pandemic, I survived the fourteenth week of working from home. One day off due to child #1 18th birthday and one day in the office to sign at least 35 documents. So only the last three days in the last week, where I was working from home officially. From next week on we are supposed to be regular BackToTheOffice.

BackToTheOffice

As long as the colleagues do not belong or live with someone in the risk group, or have to look after their children, or there is not enough distance where they work. The firm was and is very generous here: Health is paramount.

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Instagrim

I am off Instagram now. This was my last post. I don’t want my „engagement“ to be taken over by Mark Zuckerberg; stop supporting hatred.

#blacklivesmatter

It’s 2020 and I have to write that down explicitly? Broken world. I miss you already (I look at you, Alberto, Sylvana, and the others far away). If you want to stay in contact with me, you know where to find me: here.

Facebook off

I’m totally off Facebook now. This was my last post there. I don’t want my „engagement“ to be taken over by Mark Zuckerberg to stop supporting hatred.

#blacklivesmatter

It’s 2020 and I have to write that down explicitly? Broken world. I miss you already (I look at you, Heyko, Andy, and the others far away). If you want to stay in contact with me, you know where to find me: here.

What I’ve learned during the Corona Crisis (3)

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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What I’ve learned during the Corona Crisis

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.