Reflections 21st February

It's been said that we don't know there's been a revolution until it's over. Until then, it just seems like a little local difficulty.

Now feels like such a time. There is something in the air, in the conversations I hear, and what I see written. On the surface, the language of conquest over a virus, but underneath an acute awareness of something altogether more systemic going on.

Leaders, political and business, used to hierarchies and control (whatever spin they put on it) looking and sounding unnerved and uncertain as the peasants quietly revolt. Business built on fragile debt based models pleading for help. Talented people more productive working from home. Dramatic understanding of who does the real work in society. Knee jerk reactions of key and screen logging software being used by nervous, control obsessed leaders.

Whilst there is much talk of "Zoom burnout", less attention is being paid to the fact that it also enables conversations to take place between people who would previou…