The world has changed.
The new working norm involves
sharing the same space
with partners, kids and animals.
There has been an order of magnitude increase
in the use of instant messaging,
chat channels, multi-topic email chains
and overlapping meeting requests.
Few can give up 2 hours in a single block,
never mind 2-3 days of their time
to plan the future with colleagues.
Dropping by someone’s desk to ask a question
and that pivotal 5-minute conversation
by the water cooler or coffee machine
may be a thing of the past.
Shared working spaces where we can “belong”
are an evasive prize.
There is an absence of that blank flipchart
or clean whiteboard we can gather around
simply to explore.
Technologies like Microsoft Teams and Slack
seemingly offer a solution,
but they can make it harder.
There are simply too many ways to share stuff
and too much information being generated.
There are too many questions
trying to be discussed and answered
concurrently.
The online working environment
has become noisy and crowded.
The simplistic beauty of the clean whiteboard
with a single question in the center
has been forgotten.
A paradigm change creates
both challenges and opportunities.
Full engagement in both
is the path to evolution.
In serving you,
those of us in the business of
intervention design and delivery
have had to evolve too.
The emergence of Laser Coaching
over the past few years has forged the path.
It is ideally suited to the new work paradigm.
Laser Coaching is delivered
as a series of online 30-40-minute-long
1-to-1 coaching sessions.
This approach is highly efficient
and highly effective in bringing about
personal change and growth.
It also works indirectly in influencing
the success of the entire organisation.
Laser Facilitation is only just emerging
and the obvious next step.
This transparent, efficient and agile model
delivers results for
geographically dispersed groups.
The program of 60-90-minute
online groups sessions
and offline collation and prioritization,
enables groups to
share thoughts on a challenge,
explore the options, prioritize
and produce concise action plans.
The new work paradigm has landed.
The next step is yours. 
