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What AI Ellen can teach us about team communication.
Author’s note: I suppose everything in here is technically an “author’s note,” but a lot has changed since I first published this story on Medium. Years ago I included Ellen DeGeneres as a character in this post on the presumption that she was “obviously likable.” Since then a number of accusations from staff has surfaced regarding a work environment that was supposedly harsh and less than fully inclusive. In recent days a number of celebrities and a staff member or two have come to Ellen’s defense. This article is not about toxic work environments per se, though I have written about that elsewhere. But the points about team communication are quite relevant to the evolving Ellen story and also our current Zoom-centric work environments. So I have republished it here with mainly aesthetic changes — without taking sides and without further caveats. Enjoy :)
Rise of Tilda
There should be a service that married couples call. They’d use it to communicate.
Most of the couple’s conversations would happen normally and in person. But some really important stuff would happen indirectly.
