# covid
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4:40The pandemic as the elephant in the roomChe Ugwuala: Yeah. I think without acknowledging the elephant in the room, we did have a global pandemic, right? That I think completely shut everything down and required us to sort of rethink what does work look like foEP LIVE-2026-03-25 · 25 Mar 2026·panel interview· 4:40–9:087:18The early days — launching during COVID as a side hustleLeanne Elliott: How was that for, for you? Because it sounds like you said it started this little side hustle during COVID during a time where there was, there was so much and also so little going on to have this idea. AEP 253 · 27 Nov 2025·interview· 7:18–9:1541:02Who's most like WD-40 today and co-authoring with Ken Blanchard during COVIDGarry Ridge: Profit is the applause of people doing great work Al Elliott: Oh goodness. Say that again Garry Ridge: Profit is the applause of people doing great workEP 251 · 20 Nov 2025·interview· 41:02–49:114:34Croatia: Digital nomad visa, 0% tax, and a COVID summer on BračAl Elliott: Great. Okay. So next one I'm pulling out is, oh, Croatia. We know a lot about Croatia. So, uh, we were in Croatia for probably on and off about 3 years. Was it only 2? Leanne Elliott: Yeah, maybe, maybe 2. 2 EP 220 · 5 Aug 2025·other· 4:34–8:0410:55How COVID changed ADHD diagnosis ratesSkye Waterson: So this is a tricky question, but I got asked this question a while ago, and I think Honestly, I think COVID really pushed it. Like COVID was where you really started to see people get a diagnosis. And so EP 173 · 20 Feb 2025·interview· 10:55–13:234:45Whiskey Girl, the COVID Cliché with Four LegsNora Burns: Oh, yes! Leanne Elliott: I want you to tell me about your little dog. Is she called Whiskey Girl? Nora Burns: Whiskey Girl. Whiskey Girl came to me As my COVID cliché a bit, in March of 2020, as the world staEP 161 · 9 Jan 2025·interview· 4:45–7:0123:55Remote work — Wistia was remote-friendly before COVIDAl Elliott: He's fairly high up Leanne Elliott: Fairly high up. Freaking name drop, Al. Is he not the chair? Al Elliott: He is the chairman. Uh, really interesting guyEP 68 · 8 Dec 2023·interview· 23:55–26:3323:15COVID: letting 2,700 people go and the HUGS fundPatti Simpson: When COVID started, we let everyone go on one day, 2,700 people by Zoom. We let them go. We kept 49 people. And we only kept them so we had something to build on when we were hoping to come back. And we diEP 66 · 23 Nov 2023·interview· 23:15–26:5220:23The silent exodus: nearly a million people have left the UK workforceLeanne Elliott: After COVID, you'd have seen a lot in the paper of people leaving the workplace. They were mainly people who were 50+, our experienced workers. who we need in the workplace, they were leaving. And probablEP 58 · 28 Sept 2023·other· 20:23–27:2328:56The C-word: COVID's lasting impact on workplace healthLeanne Elliott: And of course, no conversation about culture would be complete without the C-word. Not that C-word. COVID Al Elliott: We all know a lot of people at the moment who have been through the financial crisis, EP 58 · 28 Sept 2023·other· 28:56–32:555:04The 'perfect shitstorm' — COVID, Brexit, and energyAl Elliott: And the other thing to consider is that COVID has just hit. Um, it meant that a lot of businesses had to essentially close and be supported by the government. All that money has to come from somewhere. So, umEP 11 · 8 Nov 2022·other· 5:04–7:37
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