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Nov 2020
31m 57s

Brave New Work 53. Combating The Pandemi...

Rodney Evans and Sam Spurlin
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It's been almost a year of working remotely due to the pandemic. And we haven't exactly been doing it right. We've just been hanging in there with too much Zoom and not enough coffee. As a result, we're a little toasty. In this episode of Brave New Work, Aaron Dignan and Rodney Evans talk about what they're seeing and feeling, and what it's going to take to ... Show More
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