April 23, 2020

Hi Gang,

I wonder what else the Jetsons’ got right? When I was a kid, the idea of a video call was mind-blowing. Today, it’s mind-draining. Without business travel and live meetings, we’re 100% glued to our screens, often in semi-awkward video meetings. And then there’s happy hours, family calls, museum tours, Netflix series. Sometimes at the end of the day, I look like that dizzy emoji…

Turns out it’s not just me – Zoom fatigue is a real thing. Some of you instituted policies like no meetings between 11-2 pm to ensure everyone takes a break. I now get the Sunday print edition of my newspaper, and I find myself printing longer articles to read over lunch. How are you battling Zoom fatigue? Speaking of articles…

News & Resources

• Two Errors Our Minds Make When Trying to Grasp the Pandemic – This is wise and a quick read (no need to print!): Risk and uncertainty are not the same thing

• RRA: What We Can Learn from Business Leaders in China – Our firm interviewed leadership teams in China to understand their learnings as they resume post-COVID activity

• Americans in Isolation Howl in the Night for Health Workers – Are you guys doing this, too? It’s pretty fun to hear voices echo from near and far (dogs love it… cats, not so much… but cats don’t like much of anything)

Food Fight – send me yours!

Today’s winner is Laura Brege (Managing Director, Cervantes Life Sciences Partners)! Creative idea, Laura!

Chef’s comments: Creamy pasta with no dairy – cashews instead!

Cuteness Contest – send me yours!

It wasn’t difficult to award this to Lisa Suennen of Venture Valkyrie/Tech Tonics fame!

Mom’s comments: “This is Olive. She weighs 3 pounds, which is 33% more than when we got her in February!”

A Little Levity

• Every Covid-19 Commercial Is Exactly the Same – Yes! Yes. Cue the somber music…

• We've all basically been on Zoom lately, and I've noticed there's all kinds of Zoomers out there – I’m the pets person… and sometimes the coffee-drinking person

This year’s big holiday toy will be…

Be well,

Jackie