This is the second part of a 2-part conversation! If you haven't had a chance to listen to part 1 yet, head over to Infinite Shelf Season 2 Episode 5. 

What is Infinite Shelf? It represents the humans on one side of the shelf that’s being stocked and prepared and the humans on the other side that are buying and participating. Where has Ingrid been over these past few months? Listen in as she shares and introduces her new co-host, Kiri Masters.

Creating Space

• There is a human-centric shelf. There is a long dinner table. Human emotion, connection, curiosity, and our need for human connection are important matters
• We need to start normalizing human things in the workplace and check in with our teams to know them well enough to know how they are doing as far as what support they need
• How do we balance building a culture and getting to know people beyond just transactional task-oriented conversations, especially when we work remotely?
• Kiri’s top three hacks for creating a rich community within her team are simple to implement and yield really meaningful results
• “Whoever hasn't created some form of awareness around when their workflow is best, I would highly suggest making some notes to self around that, just philosophically knowing that you need to create space for that.” - Ingrid
• “It's not so much the balance as it is the blend, and I have permission to not be the best at everything all at once. Because it's just impossible.” - Ingrid
• “There are occasionally these moments in your life where things must get dropped in order to get through them.” - Kiri
• We need people around us who will give us nudges to touch some grass, and we need to nudge others to do the same
• The rest of this season of Infinite Shelf is going to be full of deep dives into the intersection of commerce and what it means to be human, don’t miss it!