Wish you were here! A brain based exploration of remote work
summary
Explains why remote work ramps subconscious panic via the amygdala and cortisol, cites a 250% increase in online meetings since 2017, and shows concrete fixes: a hand‑brain model for why decision‑making collapses, practical experiments like five‑minute meeting offsets, micro‑retros, the worry wall, user manuals, 36‑question closeness exercises, Pay It Forward rituals and scavenger hunts. Describes how teams negotiated core days, reduced meetings, made feedback normal, and measured calmer behaviour and more collaboration.
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chapters (41)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:50Before
- 2:42Hard times
- 5:21About me
- 6:48Angie and Shia
- 7:10Angie
- 7:36Shia LaBeouf
- 8:29What was making things so hard
- 9:09Missing contexts
- 10:28Reactions
- 11:23Context
- 15:18Invasiveness
- 16:22Fight Response
- 17:29Flight Response
- 18:18Freeze
- 19:19Fawning
- 20:10Establishing common language
- 24:02So far
- 24:18The problem
- 24:33The Hand Brain Model
- 29:22The cortex
- 29:47amygdala
- 30:06youre stuck
- 30:51workplace consequences
- 34:21Killing things off
- 37:34Vulnerability
- 38:48Curiosity trumps knowing
- 39:15Cocreated system design
- 42:53Space for compassion
- 43:31Creating user manuals
- 44:38The 36 questions that lead to closeness
- 47:06The Samaritans listening wheel
- 47:32Worry wall
- 49:06Pilot holes
- 49:27Social rituals
- 50:21Perspective taking
- 52:23Team photos
- 52:33Scavenger hunt
- 52:50Why we laugh
- 54:02Connection
- 54:23Questions
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