COVID-19

This coronavirus experience is giving each of us the opportunity to rethink our connections to others.  Let’s commit to come out of the experience with a renewed understanding of our shared fate.  I’m still going to the grocery store: I live in a small community without an extensive ecosystem of deliveries. And though I am…

As days and weeks go by, the “new normal” is starting to feel less “new” and more “normal.” Although, that didn’t come without the expected highs and lows of adjusting to this unprecedented life. Some of these new changes can be found in how families are operating while spending time, almost exclusively, at home. With…

When this whole “work from home” thing was first implemented in March, I knew it would have its challenges, but I also had grand visions of what it would be like: “think of all the time I’ll save not getting ready for or driving to work! With no options for scheduling in-person meetings or social…

Recalling an idiom that clearly signals my age (OK, Boomer), I awoke suddenly this morning with the thought: “the cavalry is NOT coming.” It was a deeply foreboding recognition that one of the foundational notions of my experience as an American has been shattered. I will get over it—and we will get through this, but…

Here are some tips and tricks to success and well-being as you work from home. During the pandemic, home has become our sanctuary for work, downtime, exercise, social interaction and everything in between. During these unprecedented times, it’s crucial to take a step back, breathe and take a temperature check of your well-being. Across #TeamTunheim…

On April 10, 45 leading economists said a recession has begun. Further, the group polled by the National Association for Business Economics said the U.S. is likely to remain in recession through the first half of this year. The expectation of being in a significant downturn begs the question how best to navigate the next…

I’ve learned through decades of working at the intersection of business and government that there is nothing valued more than predictability as those two sectors co-exist. It is worth focusing at this extraordinary time in our lives on alignment about the importance of predictability, even from two politicians as diametrically opposed on most things as…

As Stanford economist Paul Romer once wisely observed, ‘a crisis is a terrible thing to waste.’ And it will be fascinating to monitor which industries – and competitors in those sectors – lean into the pressures created by the coronavirus pandemic and emerge more efficient, more essential, or both. As the increased pace of change…

Wondering about Minnesota’s approach to helping businesses during COVID-19? Tunheim Founder/Principal Kathy Tunheim was recently joined by Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development Commissioner Steve Grove to discuss Minnesota’s approach to helping businesses. Need communications and digital help to get your organization through COVID-19? We’re here to help. Sign up for a free one-on-one…

As the CEO of a company whose most tangible asset is billable time, this current pandemic-induced disruption is creating a potent opportunity to re-evaluate our thinking about time. For a whole lot of people around us, who are paid only for the hours they work, life just took a very, very frightening turn. A month…