{"id":2942,"date":"2021-03-07T17:32:26","date_gmt":"2021-03-07T17:32:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marendeepwell.com\/?p=2942"},"modified":"2021-03-07T17:32:26","modified_gmt":"2021-03-07T17:32:26","slug":"that-was-february-with-max-funk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marendeepwell.com\/?p=2942","title":{"rendered":"That was February&#8230; with max funk"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Dedicated to the one and only <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CosmoCat?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CosmoCat<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ds106radio?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ds106radio<\/a> &#8211; listening along <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dq8h8SKCu2\">https:\/\/t.co\/dq8h8SKCu2<\/a> rockin&#39; this Sunday Special <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6ANQQqjvbw\">https:\/\/t.co\/6ANQQqjvbw<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Dr Maren Deepwell (@MarenDeepwell) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarenDeepwell\/status\/1368607922251530240?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 7, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This Sunday&#8217;s Sunday Special has a special International Women&#8217;s Day theme &#8211; and we started the show by playing an awesome tune by last week&#8217;s guest Chahira Nouira and her band the Max Funk Institute \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Plants!<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of my strategies for getting through lockdown\/pandemic burnout is to have a lot of green in my workspace. This month I <a href=\"https:\/\/marendeepwell.com\/?p=2899\">blogged<\/a> about looking after my plants every Friday morning makes me think about. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Strategy Days.. pandemic style<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This month I also really needed to get some headspace in order to think about strategy at work&#8230; so I started by organising a solo <a href=\"https:\/\/marendeepwell.com\/?p=2909\">strategy away day<\/a> for myself: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>On the day, I have a session with a wonderful coach I sometimes see, who works for a small, independent HR provider, based in Sheffield. Working with agencies that serve solely small charities like ours really helps find support that is both excellent value for money and affordable (even in cash strapped times) .<\/p><p>Weather permitting, we will be speaking on the phone whilst going for a walk in our respective local areas and step outside of the usual desk\/home office environment.<\/p><p>If it\u2019s raining, I might decamp to the garage or at least the living room, to make sure I have a change of scene.<\/p><cite>https:\/\/marendeepwell.com\/?p=2909<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">and I also did some <a href=\"https:\/\/marendeepwell.com\/?p=2912\">visual thinkery<\/a> as part of the process:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/marendeepwell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/IMG_7384-1-300x288.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>I find it helpful to start with a blank page and the first thing I drew was a little flag, planted at the start of the year. It marks the launch of ALT\u2019s (then) new strategy for 2020-25 (\u2026best laid plans etc).<\/p><p>From there, it was a story of firsts\u2026 the first pivot online\u2026 our first ever fully online OER conference\u2026 the first time that we ran an event with 1,000+ registered participants, and the first ever time that we had to fully refund hundreds of paying delegates AND the first time those participants donated nearly \u00a310,000 to help cover the losses we were making.<\/p><cite>https:\/\/marendeepwell.com\/?p=2912<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was really, really useful to write the post and do the drawing as part of my thinking process. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Virtual Team leadership<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was great to make time this month to <a href=\"https:\/\/marendeepwell.com\/?p=2929\">blog about leading a virtual team<\/a> as well &#8211; and never has there been so much to think about leading a virtual organisation than 1 year into lockdown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This month I have been reading a number of really interesting posts about life\/work balance and pandemic burnout:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8230; I took real inspiration from Ben and the next day we implemented these new signatures across our team. Internally, the feedback was really positive as many of our staff have different working patterns including caring for family, home-schooling and so forth. Externally also, I received some spontaneous positive feedback from contacts I wrote to.<\/p><p>As a CEO, it\u2019s part of my responsibility to model the kind of behaviours Ben blogged about and make that part of our culture as a virtual team: respecting different working patterns, not to work all hours, but only productive hours \u2013 particularly in these times of pandemic.<\/p><cite>https:\/\/marendeepwell.com\/?p=2929 <\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And at the very end of the month&#8230; a new puppy, Posey, arrived, on four cute, big paws and with absolutely no need to sleep after 5am.  Life has never been less boring and it feels a bit like I have reached peak lockdown \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">There\u2019s a new <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ds106radio?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ds106radio<\/a> puppy! Meet Posey who is helping at today\u2019s Sunday Special with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ammienoot?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ammienoot<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tanbob?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@tanbob<\/a> and me ? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sTzzKhyCkE\">pic.twitter.com\/sTzzKhyCkE<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Dr Maren Deepwell (@MarenDeepwell) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarenDeepwell\/status\/1368606280550670336?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 7, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dedicated to the one and only @CosmoCat #ds106radio &#8211; listening along https:\/\/t.co\/dq8h8SKCu2 rockin&#39; this Sunday Special https:\/\/t.co\/6ANQQqjvbw &mdash; Dr Maren Deepwell (@MarenDeepwell) March 7, 2021 This Sunday&#8217;s Sunday Special has a special International Women&#8217;s Day theme &#8211; and we started the show by playing an awesome tune by last week&#8217;s guest Chahira Nouira and her band the Max Funk Institute \ud83d\ude42 Plants! 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