Ideas and Innovations

Ideas and Innovations

The Seasonal Shift: 7 Resilience Tools for High-Performance Workplaces

Kevin Novak's avatar
Deborah Patton's avatar
Kevin Novak and Deborah Patton
Mar 20, 2025
∙ Paid

Share 20Forty’s Newsletter

Issue 204, March 20, 2025

Four times a year the natural world reminds us to take a pause. One can choose to ignore these seasonal shifts, but we think it’s a good idea to take advantage of the opportunity. We often write about grappling with toxic or dysfunctional workplace cultures, so, today we are looking at how to achieve high performance and operate with resilience with the help of a seasonal shift perspective.

As keen observers of human behavior influenced by working conditions, we have created a Field Guide of selected new and reimagined concepts and useful strategies to revitalize a few tools to help survive and thrive in any organizational culture. We have borrowed and amplified a portfolio of ideas from researchers and writers who have introduced new ways to think and behave.

Boomerasking

“As humans, we have a persistent focus on our own perspective, a trait that helps us survive but also undermines our dealings with others,” says Alison Wood Brooks, Harvard professor and author…

User's avatar

Continue reading this post for free, courtesy of Kevin Novak.

Or purchase a paid subscription.
© 2026 Kevin Novak · Privacy ∙ Terms ∙ Collection notice
Start your SubstackGet the app
Substack is the home for great culture