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Reflections from 2021, Thoughts for 2022

The MatrixFiles

Brian Tarallo from Lizard Brain led us through a two-hour reflection and asked us questions like: What has been your overarching mood in 2021? Between kids learning at home, sick parents, or just life, why not give people the flexibility to leave work at 3 and then get back online later? What are you grateful for? Reading a lot.

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Employees with the ‘Sunday scaries’? Here’s how to get your workforce excited about work

Fast Company Tech

Promoting a healthy work-life balance Respecting each employees need to maintain a work-life balance is an essential part of an empathetic work environment. I reflect on my own experience when my wife and I had our children. Research backs up the idea that supporting employees work-life balance can have a major positive impact.

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In Miami, this 3D-printed seawall will help protect the coastline

Fast Company Tech

BIOCAP tiles, a 3D-printed modular system designed to support marine life and reduce wave impact along urban seawalls, will be installed on the existing seawall there in spring 2025. Seawalls disrupt natural shoreline dynamics and can wipe out the complex habitat zones that marine life relies on.

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Leading Boldly Series Highlights Four Leaders Working Toward Equitable Society

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Four remarkable leaders, whose life experiences give them inspiration and strength, share their personal stories and reflect on their leadership journeys in conversations with Fred Ali, the retired President and CEO of the Weingart Foundation, and a former nonprofit leader.

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Why constant interruptions are killing your strategic thinking

Fast Company Tech

Without time to reflect, innovation suffers, and leaders struggle to connect disparate ideas or generate fresh insights. To support this shift, I developed a structured approach that helps leaders pause, reflect, and see things differently before diving into the next wave of demands. White space isnt a luxuryits a strategic imperative.

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Your colleagues are crucial to your promotion. Here’s why

Fast Company Tech

Reflect on how both parties may feel about the honesty of the exchange, the commitment to what youve discussed, and the level of political gesturing that might or might not have been present. Reflect on their business mission and goals. Reflect on why some peers may resist your rise. What is the level of trust between you both?

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Celebrating 25 Years of Innovation and Impact: Reflecting on Our Journey

The MatrixFiles

Full of Gratitude As I reflect on 25 years of being in business, I am filled with gratitude. To help me reflect on everything I have in my life, and everything I am grateful for, my husband and I are reading The Gratitude Diaries. My leadership team has made a commitment to try and see everyone on the team this year!