"Sorry, I was on mute.” Zooming Out on Communication During COVID
It’s 8:00 am and the house is eerily quiet, except for the familiar elevator music coming from my phone as I wait for my conference call to begin. Like most of you, I am slowly, reluctantly acclimating to this new normal, constructed of hodge-podge remote work, daytime and nighttime yoga pants (yes, there’s a difference), heightened emotions and blurred boundaries. Figuring out how to function personally, let alone professionally, feels strange on a good day. In times like th