Mike McBride on Tech, eDiscovery and Mental Health - Issue #8
Careers and the Workplace
World Mental Health Day 2021 in the Workplace - a Roundup — www.mikemcbrideonline.com Today, as many of you know, is World Mental Health Day, a day to talk about mental health issues to raise awareness and eliminate the stigma surrounding what is really a common occurrence. Even in the workplace.
Linked: 4 video meeting rules that should follow us back to the office — www.mikemcbrideonline.com I agree, I have noticed that people do seem to be more aware of when someone else is trying to talk and how they might have interrupted or stepped over them. We absolutely should make time for just socializing. One of my biggest pet peeves about the argument that remote workers just don't connect as a team and collaborate is that it is possible if you simply intentionally create the space for it. We should trust our employees enough to multitask during the parts of meetings that aren't really relevant to them, and by all means, we should consider having fewer meetings.
Linked: Forget ‘networking’ — just connect with people you find interesting — www.mikemcbrideonline.com Justin also has some good advice for how to "be a good hang" online and make friends. I know more than a few people who could use that advice to be a little less awkward online. (i.e. Compliment people's work, not their appearance, um yes!) Check it out at the link below, but if I was going to give my own take on that idea, is that for my own social media I usually try and consider what I have to offer the people who choose to follow me. I have this blog, obviously. I can share some other, useful, information, and even a laugh or two mixed in. For me, most of what I do online goes back to my background in training. I learn something, and I want to share that with others. So I do. And I try not to be "cringey". ;-)
Is Going to the Office a Broken Way of Working? | The New Yorker — www.newyorker.com A conversation with Chris Herd, who foresees a future in which most companies are remote-first.
Legal Tech and eDiscovery
In-House Counsel Report Lawyers Keep Getting WORSE When It Comes To Technology | Above the Law — abovethelaw.com General counsel have no faith at all.
An Important eDiscovery Lesson From Jon Gruden — www.mikemcbrideonline.com See Jon, even when the investigation has nothing to do with you, those comments you made in the email exist, and the guy you sent them to didn't, or couldn't, delete them. So even though they may have flown under the radar for all these years, all it took was one investigation or lawsuit to involve the other people on the email chain, and everything you said is now out there. You would think people would stop having to relearn this lesson every few years, but alas here we are.
Top Ten Impacts of Covid on Legal: Relativity Fest Panel Weighs In - TechLaw Crossroads — www.techlawcrossroads.com A Relativity Fest Panel today provided their top takeaways of the impact of Covid on the legal profession. Here’s the Panel’s top ten and my top
Linked: Ransomware shame: More than half of business owners conceal cyber-breach — www.mikemcbrideonline.com I've been saying it for a little while now, but I think this really cements it for me, your data has already been breached somewhere. Whether you know your personal information was involved in a public breach, or you've somehow managed to avoid that thus far, there is still a whole bunch of ransomware and other breaches that we don't know anything about:
Law Firms May Be Facing an eDiscovery and Tech Personnel Crisis — ediscoverytoday.com The current law firm eDiscovery & tech personnel crisis is making personnel managers not feel very lucky, despite the Barbra Streisand song.
Mental Health
How to Support Emotional Well-Being at Work - Career and Workplace Expert and Speaker, Multigenerational Work Expert, Lindsey Pollak — lindseypollak.com Moving forward, workplace leaders and HR professionals need to be prepared to support employees’ mental and emotional wellness at work.
How to Get Employees to (Actually) Participate in Well-Being Programs — hbr.org New research identifies 3 strategies organizations can take to engage employees.
Mental Health And The Workplace Hanzo recognizes World Mental Health Day in hopes of destigmatizing asking for help combatting depression, anxiety, or other issues impacting mental health.
Social Media
Why The Lies Matter — www.mikemcbrideonline.com According to this Psychology Today article, they matter because we are completely incapable of ignoring them. Even when we know something isn't true, it