The Great Fraying?

Weaving meaningful relationships takes time to build, but only a short time to come apart.

In an interesting piece by Robin Dunbar on the BBC this morning, the coming apart can take as little as 3 months. It doesn't need trauma, or drama, just benign neglect.

In another part of the news, JP Morgan and Linklaters have said that they are in no hurry to get people back to the office, and envisage only around 50% going back before mid 2021, if then. It mirrors a general trend elsewhere where we are learning that an office adds only marginal value to those people whose skills enable them to work remotely.

During the systemic shock that Covid has been up to now (and may yet continue to be) many of us have found our relationships a key issue. Many of us like being at home more, discovering what having a family is like again. Not commuting. Spending time outside.

The attraction of mundane relationships in cookie cutter office environments has lessened. Whilst we can overdo Zoom or Teams, it has b…