Here at work, I said something about work-life balance.  And one of my friends said … I don’t do work-life balance.  I do work-life chemistry.  Because there's always changing mixture of work and life

Sounded profound… but chemistry can be dangerous
A lesson learned by a couple of  CEO’s who added just a little too much work… and not enough life to the chemistry equation. 
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This is Andy Owen… the CEO of a fancy furniture company….called Miller Knolls.  Times were tough … in an employee Zoom meeting… here are her comments about not getting bonuses…

After the internet blowback… the CEO apologized.  Meantime in Draper… they’re doing damage control at Clearlink… where CEO James Clarke complained about quiet quitters in a staff meeting… 

— It’s a problem.  But to motivate them… he told them what a good employee looks like in hard times.


The best employee sells the family dog… to make the boss smile.  Clearlink has instantly become a case study of how not to motivate the staff.   These particular CEOs don’t understand what any fourth grader knows.  If you mess with chemistry…Kaboom.  stuff blows up.