YOU. ARE. AWESOME.
Many thanks for agreeing to be a guest on Season 2 of The Morning(ish) Show!
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BEGIN ADVENTURE Here:
Please select a date for your interview on our Calendly page. If you would like to discuss anything specific, please feel free to include links to articles to pre-read, projects, initiatives, etc., in the “Please share anything that will help prepare for our meeting.” section of the calendar confirmation.
When we receive the Calendly confirmation email, Tim will then email you a unique link for your interview.
The episode will be livestreamed with video. To help insure the best connectivity, if possible, please reboot your machine prior to logging on to StreamYard, and minimize the number of applications you have open and running as they may use internet bandwidth and/or extra computing power. StreamYard also produced these Guest Instructions.
Please log onto StreamYard at 10:45AM ET the day of your episode interview.
Interested in checking out past episodes? Season 1 can be found here.
Where Can People Watch & Listen To the Episode?
The episode can be viewed live on our YouTube channel. People can also find the link to our YouTube channel from this page on the WSS site. (That page also includes a list of other awesome upcoming and previous guests.)
After the episode, the video will be available for people to re-watch on the YouTube channel. We will also publish an audio-only version as a podcast episode. (A transcript will also be produced within a few days of the initial airing to make the conversation more accessible to the community.)
Want to link to or share the episode? Please feel free to share it wherever you’d like. If you would like the website embed code, please let Tim know.
The 15 episodes of season 2 will be livestreamed weekdays from Monday, November 2 until Friday, November 20 from 11:00-11:30AM ET.
Some of the QUESTIONS we’ll start with:
When we chat at 10:45am, please let us know if there’s anything specific you want us to ask about… and avoid.
How are you doing? How is your community doing?
How do you typically introduce yourself and your work?
What does life and work look like for you right now?
In this unprecedented time in which we’re living, what is an organization’s duty of care to its employees?
How is your organization and team(s) adjusting in the current environment?
What are some bright spots you’re seeing? What is your hope for the future?
We’re 8 months into a global pandemic. How are you maintaining your resilience and self-care?
We’ve heard countless times that “normal” is not coming back. Normal is what got us here. As we look to use this moment to co-create a new future where everyone can thrive, what are you seeing that gives you hope?
What are your parting thoughts as our time together on the episode comes to a close?
TYPICAL Run of Show
10:45-11:00AM ET — Good morning! Please log onto StreamYard via the link Tim emailed you for a prep conversation with Lauren & Tim. We’ll run through the show order and initial questions. During this time, we’ll capture things you want discuss, and anything you might want to avoid.
11:00-11:30AM ET — Livestream goes, well, Live! Conversation with co-hosts, including viewer-submitted questions.
11:30-11:35AM ET — Livestream concludes and goes off-line. Quick off-air Thank You!
how did this all get started?
Lauren and Tim launched season one of these daily chats to connect with leaders in “real time” — about their lives, their organizations, their sector, and the world — during the unprecedented time in our lives that was April and May 2020. Simultaneously, Tim was talking with students in his Leadership & Team Building course at The New School and realized, perhaps one of the most useful things to do at that moment was to pause the planned syllabus and allow students to connect directly with those leading in various ways at the time. We launched this livestream to come together as humans, as community, to talk about the concerns, the hopes, the hurdles, and the promise this particular moment in history offers us. With the global pandemic still in full swing, social unrest shining a much-needed light on systemic racism and oppression, and a historic U.S. presidential election, we felt it was time to dust off our microphones and sit down for another series of conversations.
Wait, who are lauren and tim again?
Lauren Ruffin is currently a co-CEO of Fractured Atlas, a co-founder of Crux, and a huge Duke basketball fan.
Tim Cynova is currently a co-CEO of Fractured Atlas. He’s passionate about all things related to people-centric org design, and is a cyclist… well, more aspirational cyclist these days based on the layer of dust collecting on his road bike.
what is work. Shouldn’t. suck.?
WSS began three years ago as simply a landing page to collect the various people-centric org design resources our Fractured Atlas People team were producing. Over the years, it has evolved to include a podcast, workshops, and a vast collection of resources dedicated to creating workplaces where people can thrive.