Don't quit yet!

It's been said that 2022 is the year of The Great Resignation! Would you put yourself in that category or would you be a sticker. Holding your nerve and working towards staying in business for yourself and your family?
Lots of people are considering not working how they have worked in the past and doing things quite differently or at least making some changes that mean things run differently for them.
Could this change be your liminal moment. Shifting things to a new paradigm that now works better for you than it did "BC" - before COVID.
Business may never be the same - if you like the hybrid way of doing things that may stick for you and be your everymore...

How are some people choosing to quit the old paradigm and how might that be an opportunity for our industry?

• Companies are choosing to not turn up to offices that are uninspiring.

So what does that mean for us. How can we better serve these people who are now not doing a traditional 9-5 with the double commute. Perhaps they can come and see us more easily. Perhaps we can work with them online and off line as a combo.

• We are choosing to no longer attend meetings that waste time and showcase mediocrity.

​​If organisations are getting smarter about how they manage their time - we must too. How can we stop wasting time with meetings and other supposed important tasks that may not really be adding value to our days?

• We won't stay at school or go to Universities where the teachers and lecturers treat us like an inconvenience to their day.

If tertiary institutions have had to adapt and some of these are the oldest in our country (and other countries) then they are adapting to a new environment which demands up to date inspiring ways of connecting so the work can still get done but with smarter ways of engaging students so they still thrive and get their quals but in a much more tech savvy way.

• We don't want to stay in relationships that drain us, we want to be in those that sustain us.

​Do we stay put because of the fear of being alone? Do we want to move forwards so that we can be free to express ourselves how we want to without the fear being pulled down for it? Recruiters are reporting a massive talent shortage and finding that people are wanting to do more meaningful work with those they really want to do it with - not just to get the paycheck but to make a difference.

• We don't want to do work anymore that has very little meaning.

If we don't feel like our work matters we will move on. That sense of purpose is so important for getting through the tough times. Over and above all other things it' keeps us sane and resilient when conditions make it difficult to do that thing we do. Work is personal and what we are doing has to matter. If all it's about is making money, forget it we are out. Money was always a currency of meaning, value, and honour. It's just lately (last few hundred years) it's become something else.

2020 was the year that the world changed. The pandemic folded time and forced innovation and forced practical solutions quicker. The obvious ones are flexible work hours, working from home or homing from work as I like to put it. Buying local and the larger supply chain logistics import reliance come undone. 

Choose your response in a given situation and lead from the front - showing others how change can be a doable thing for everyone everywhere, regardless of industry. 

Which cat are you?