Laura Pike Seeley
@laurapikeseeley
Laura Pike Seeley
Building new urban homes from wood instead of concrete and steel could save about 10% of the carbon budget needed to limit global heating to 2C this century.
Timber cities ‘could cut 100bn tons of CO2 emissions by 2100’
A lot of people believe meaningful work is only for people in helping professions, nonprofits, or social impact work. While it’s true that some jobs are engineered for meaning, any job can be meaningful—even (especially) those that our culture might deem “mundane.”
fastcompany.com
As work becomes increasingly virtual and questions about the future of work loom large, efforts to remove barriers to an open and equitable digital workplace culture are timelier than ever. When set within a leadership and cultural framework that centers the employee experience, digital workplace tools can support and maintain psychological safety... See more
ReWorked • Support Psychological Safety With Your Digital Workplace Design
We’re applying technology as part of a larger system to enable the rapid development of housing, and it is an incredible challenge.
fastcompany.com
A landmark California law requiring high schools to start at 8:30am or later is jump-starting similar efforts nationwide after years of intense debate over schools' starting bells.
Jennifer Kingson • Attention Required! | Cloudflare
Harness Your Network to Unlock Innovation
hbr.org
Our research shows that leaders at genuinely innovative companies consciously avoid that trap by deliberately seeking and spending time with people we call innovation catalysts: individuals who have a knack for cultivating networks that combine a sense of community and a diversity of perspectives.
An atmosphere of psychological safety is essential for organizations who seek to foster innovative, happy, resilient teams.
ReWorked • Support Psychological Safety With Your Digital Workplace Design
You’ll have access to the wisdom you need to make sound decisions and take the most effective action.
Atria Books • Building a Second Brain
Neighborhoods that “improve” due to gentrification may do so in a manner that serves everyone living there—new sidewalks, more trees, more streetlights, cleaner streets—but how long can existing residents remain in a landscape that becomes rapidly unaffordable and alienating to them?