Good morning, are you reading this from your (makeshift) home office?
If you’re like our team and are now working remotely, you’ve likely experienced a few hiccups in recent days as work from home becomes the new norm for many. Our company has been remote since its beginning, but even after more than a decade working from our home offices, we’ve had to make adjustments this week. Just this morning, we were unable to login to our regular video conferencing tool and instead had to transition to a new platform with little preparation. The snafu caused a slight delay in our daily editorial call, but didn’t keep us from connecting.
That’s the key to working remotely: You have to be flexible and have contingency plans in place when communications systems are down. While not everyone has the ability to work from home, there are several technology platforms available for the teams that can.
“Current events have highlighted the need for companies who have not considered or planned for remote workers to get their contingency plans together and eliminate the risk to their employees of no income,” says Daniel Rivas, digital marketing consultant and founder of Digital Media Ninja. Rivas notes businesses that can adopt remote systems should do so now in order to minimize downtime and keep the business from suffering operationally.
While our team is remaining flexible and continuing to build out contingency plans, we’ve also taken some time to commit to mindful practices in what is an extraordinarily stressful situation for so many of us. One step we’re taking is the new Mindful Moments section we’re including in this newsletter. Thanks to those of you who have sent us your mindfulness exercise suggestions! We’ll be running these for as long as it seems useful. See below for our first reader suggestion and feel free to send me any mindful practices you’d like to share at agesenhues@thirddoormedia.com.
Please keep scrolling: In addition to today’s Mindful Moment, we have a Soapbox on gratitude, and new account-based marketing solutions from Demandbase.
Amy Gesenhues,
Senior Editor