# pandemic
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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· 4:40–9:089:51Why hope ran out during the pandemicAl Elliott: Well, let's move on to this world of work idea because I've got a note down here from my very clever wife and co-host, something about Peterson and Bryan. And this is what she's written. Research shows that hEP 265 · 8 Jan 2026·interview· 9:51–15:247:55The pandemic moment that sparked the researchLeanne Elliott: Your book is exactly what I wanna start talking about today. So, it's called Constellation: Leadership Reimagined for a Connected Age. I wanna just start right at the beginning. You literally start the fiEP 243 · 23 Oct 2025·interview· 7:55–11:5936:58Would we be here without the pandemic?Al Elliott: I don't know whether you can answer this question here, but if the pandemic hadn't have happened, do you think we still would be going towards hybrid and remote? Alanah Mitchell: I love that question. One of EP 237 · 2 Oct 2025·panel interview· 36:58–38:5339:58The one-salary story — a real-world example of radical transparencyAl Elliott: Yeah, I think the pandemic, it's the P word that keeps on giving. But yeah, it is. It definitely was a reset, I think, for a lot of people. I'm curious on your theory of this. You may even have practical expeEP 160 · 7 Jan 2025·other· 39:58–46:550:00Intro: Mental health as a human conditionSarah Hughes: You know, I remember, for instance, during the pandemic, a group of charity leaders, we're sitting around and we're, you know, we're talking in our respective homes around the country, thinking about the thEP 79 · 23 Feb 2024·intro· 0:00–1:5916:28Weathering the pandemic — the tough calls that saved the businessmidroll (Phil Agnew, Nudge): Hmm Al Elliott: So I wanted to ask Christine, what was it like running this marketing agency and taking over what probably is one of the most difficult points in history? Lauren: It was reallEP 46 · 5 Jul 2023·panel interview· 16:28–22:1346:22The signs of a toxic workplaceAl Elliott: 100%. I think the, the pandemic is one of those weird things that it's just changed the way we look at everything. It's expedited where we would have been. I think without the pandemic, we probably would haveEP 34 · 12 Apr 2023·other· 46:22–52:0715:33Women's health through the pandemicAl Elliott: I would say during the pandemic, I Barely saw any women presenting with physical health problems unless, of course, it was an acute situation, you know, something that had to be dealt with immediately. But weEP 32 · 29 Mar 2023·other· 15:33–20:5331:53Why work means something different nowAl Elliott: So the 4th change is this shift in what work actually means to us because we all know the pandemic, We're sick of hearing the word. The pandemic has completely changed what work means to us. And a lot of us aEP 25 · 8 Feb 2023·interview· 31:53–34:2937:48Why the future of work took a pandemic to arriveLeanne Elliott: Yeah, it's true. And, you know, it's a trend that, that, you know, we're, we're more than likely gonna, gonna see over the next few years and older people either staying in the workforce or returning to tEP 25 · 8 Feb 2023·interview· 37:48–43:205:15Has the pandemic really changed work forever?Leanne Elliott: I think ultimately it hasn't. And I think this is the— a lot in the media that frustrates me, and particularly as business, particularly larger corporate leaders who are really using this whole remote hybEP 03 · 15 Jul 2022·other· 5:15–9:33
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