By: Michael Simmons on January 12, 2023
In his book, Remote Not Distant: Designing a Company Culture That Will Help You Thrive in a Hybrid Work Place, author Gustavo Razzetti makes the case for shifting to hybrid work models, and he provides a roadmap for how to do so intentionally. He spends substantial time at the beginning of the book debunking myths…
By: Roy Gruber on January 12, 2023
Gustavo Razzetti, founder and CEO of Fearless Culture, author, and corporate consultant specializing in digital strategy, offers a way into the future after the global Covid pandemic. His business book, Remote, Not Distant, provides actionable steps toward a thriving institutional culture in the “new normal” in the post-pandemic world. Razzetti’s premise states that the book…
By: Tim Clark on January 12, 2023
On a bookshelf in my house sits a small wooden plaque with a quote from Thomas Jefferson “I cannot live without books”. This accurately reflects how I feel about reading, but it also serves as a passive justification to my wife for the unreasonable amount of money I’ve spent on books over the years. I…
By: Kristy Newport on January 12, 2023
I want my relationship with Jesus to look like the one Peter had. Like Peter, Jesus is foremost my Savior and Creator, but I believe He also is my coach. Camocho provides a resource for those who are interested in coaching and what to look for in a coach in his book Mining for Gold. …
By: Kayli Hillebrand on January 11, 2023
Gustavo Razzetti’s Remote Not Distant was, for me, a gift that I did not anticipate receiving simply based on the title. I was under the impression that Razzetti would be primarily focused on the practicalities of setting up environments to foster healthy remote and hybrid environments, but he went beyond that, diving into the importance…
By: Denise Johnson on January 11, 2023
Gustavo Razzetti’s Remote Not Distant: Design a Company Culture That Will Help You Thrive in a Hybrid Workplace,[1] takes a process orientated look at implementing intentional adaptation of the workplace culture. Razzetti, the CEO Fearless Culture a think tank that provides tools and ideas to success seeking global leaders.[2] The author incorporates the continuous growth…
By: Henry Gwani on January 11, 2023
Remote, Not Distant is a practical book on building a post-pandemic workplace culture that defines the mindset needed to thrive in today’s hybrid environment. It suggests six approaches to collaboration and five work models that unleash employee potential. Written by Gustavo Razetti, a consultant on corporate culture and author of four business books, Remote begins…
By: Esther Edwards on January 11, 2023
“As you shuffle through hundreds of notes and a dozen lines of thought, you start feeling that you’re…spiraling down into a black hole of confusion, paralyzed by what seems to be an increasingly complex and ultimately unmanageable task.”[1] [2] Ah, yes. The black hole. I am there. If I am honest, the black hole…
By: Andy Hale on January 11, 2023
“Should I mark this as a sick day,” the office administrator of the church I was serving asked me. “No, ma’am. I’m writing a Bible study at the coffee shop this morning. Afterward, I’m going to one of the church’s student’s basketball games this afternoon,” I replied. However, she insisted that I was not in…
By: Eric Basye on January 10, 2023
Written in the height of the pandemic, Gustavo Razzetti, founder and CEO of Fearless Culture, wrote Remote, Not Distant. As an author, speaker, and leadership consultant who has served many companies and nonprofits worldwide, this leadership book is a timely read on many fronts. Razzetti’s opening line says, Welcome to the beginning of the end…
By: Caleb Lu on January 10, 2023
I found Daniel Lieberman and Michael Long’s The Molecule of More to be both thought provoking in the way it portrayed the role of dopamine in a wide range of human behaviors and simultaneously reckless in the way it presented studies to back their claims. Lieberman and Long’s explanation of dopamine activity as an indicator…
By: David Beavis on January 10, 2023
How do people change? This is a question that has fascinated, and borderline haunted me over the years of pastoring people. Whether they be students, young adults, or parents, I often catch myself wondering “Will you ever grow up?” Now, admittedly, this can come from a misplaced, self-righteous frustration with people (such is the crucible…
By: Becca Hald on January 9, 2023
David Eagleman, PhD. wrote of The Molecule of More, “Lieberman and Long tell the epic saga of dopamine as a page-turner that you simply can’t put down.”[1] A page turner about science? That did not seem likely to me, but as I started perusing the book, I found it to be true. I worked hard…
By: Kristy Newport on January 9, 2023
In Daniel Lieberman’s book The Molecule of More, the power of dopamine is described, particularly how it affects the human brain and human behavior. Lieberman does an incredible job at providing his readers with research on how adults respond to dopamine. He defines dopamine as “the pleasure of anticipation– the possibility of something unfamiliar and…
By: Greg McMullen on January 8, 2023
In school as a child and teen, these were the words I heard the most “bigger, stronger, faster.” This seemed to be the main focus of football players in the program I grew up in. From 6th grade on, we met before school, during school, and after our sport we pumped iron, we ran, we…
By: Mary Kamau on January 4, 2023
Leadership is described as influencing people towards a specific objective. Moses had the task of leading the Israelites from Egypt to the promised land but had to get through many challenges. Despite the many miracles that God performed for the children of Israel, they would forget so soon and rebel against Moses and sabotage his…
By: Mary Kamau on January 3, 2023
Winston Churchill is quoted as saying, “I may be drunk, Miss, but in the morning I will be sober, but you will still be ugly.” While this statement was mean to whomever it was meant for, it resonates with what misguided religion does, It is far better to be drunk with alcohol than religion because…
By: Chad McSwain on December 13, 2022
There is an incredible amount of vulnerability in being exposed, as well as the elation that you are not alone. It is a comfort and joy when you encounter someone who describes your lived experience and how you felt about it, only to learn that is exactly how others have felt too. That is the…
By: Sara Taylor Lattimore on December 12, 2022
Earlier this year I had the privilege of meeting the author Tod Bolsinger at a conference. I have ready his books and have worked with leaders who are advocates and practitioners of adaptive leadership. As I sat and listened to his workshop. I began to understand more fully the empowering nature of leading this way…
By: Jenny Steinbrenner Hale on December 8, 2022
Throughout history, strong leaders have benefited from adaptive leadership skills that equip them to navigate our ever-changing world and unique societal contexts. Not only do adaptive leaders possess the qualities needed to negotiate change, themselves, but they possess the crucial qualities needed to prepare and encourage other people to navigate complex challenges and thrive in…
