In March 2020, the world as we knew it changed. The COVID-19 pandemic forced us to transform our homes into offices, adapt to a new way of working, and find creative solutions to maintain our productivity. After the second surge of infection ravaged the globe, it was clear that working from the office posed a…
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Loise Mboo, Wellness Director at the Open Institute reflects on our experience as a remote working organisation 5 months in.
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In this blog, Mukanda shares her personal experience with working from home. From time to time, we feature posts by different team members and encourage them to give their personal thoughts and opinions on various topics of interest to the organisation. My alarm clock went off at 4.30 a.m, I woke up ready to conquer…
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What a year this has been! For many of us, this year has been an unparalleled horror show one that will not easily be forgotten. For us, this has been a pivotal year – one of the most interesting complexities. On the one hand, 2020 was billed to be the year that we move to…
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When I joined the Open Institute, I was clear about my role and excited at what I would be doing. I had been given my marching orders and I knew that the goals for my role were to strengthen the team’s connectedness – given that the team was now mostly working from home – and…
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