I’m increasingly convinced that one of the ways to fight off burnout is to take action.  And with the growing flattening of organizations, more individual contributors will have to take action to communicate, provide clarity, and connect the dots across the org – particularly if middle managers won’t be there to do it. I created the Weekly “What Are We Doing?” email as a template for this kind of quick communication to keep people aligned.  Here’s the basic rubric. It’s five ideas, ten sentences or so: What’s urgent? Identify the main focus this week, the thing that has to get […]