PinnedCarin-Isabel Knoop (on Humans in the Digital Era)Mental Health, Psychological Materiality, and Fraud at Work: Are You a Fox or an Owl?“The market is a place set apart where men may deceive and overreach each other.” Scythian philosopher Anacharsis (c. 600 B.C.)18 min read·Feb 11, 2024--7--7
PinnedCarin-Isabel Knoop (on Humans in the Digital Era)From Passion to Pathos: The Challenge of Searching for Meaning and Belonging at Work“[People] made work sacred because they sacrificed, submitted and surrendered to it. They were willing to undergo headaches, deal with…16 min read·Oct 11, 2023--54--54
PinnedCarin-Isabel Knoop (on Humans in the Digital Era)inGetting better, together.Artificial Empathy, Digital Dependency, and Loneliness: Exploring Connections and ActionsFirst published at https://www.hi5.team/blog19 min read·Aug 12, 2023--13--13
PinnedCarin-Isabel Knoop (on Humans in the Digital Era)Why Leaders Still Pretend to Be Okay and That Is a Problem For EveryoneAs for being a poster child of law firm leaders with mental health challenges, [Simon] Malko admitted he did have a moment of doubt about…11 min read·May 29, 2023--10--10
PinnedCarin-Isabel Knoop (on Humans in the Digital Era)How Extending a Hand to Employee Caregivers Helps Them and Firms: Lessons from Caring for my EldersCaregiving, especially of close relatives like parents, can be a significant inflection point in one’s mental health. These moments warrant…16 min read·Jan 31, 2023----
Carin-Isabel Knoop (on Humans in the Digital Era)Shared Values and Essential Skills: What Nurses Can Teach Managers about Compassion and BoundariesMy then-nurse and co-author Angela Sigal Poock looked at the blood pressure reading, then at me, and said (or so I remember):7 min read·1 day ago--2--2
Carin-Isabel Knoop (on Humans in the Digital Era)Engineering Better Workplaces: Bringing Systems Thinking to the Human Capital ChallengeMost engineers would refuse to build on faulty foundations.16 min read·Apr 21, 2024--7--7
Carin-Isabel Knoop (on Humans in the Digital Era)More Spark, Less Snark: Quaker Teachings for Modern WorkplacesCore principles of Quaker philosophy — advocating for environments prioritizing inclusivity, mutual respect, the recognition of individual…14 min read·Apr 13, 2024--7--7
Carin-Isabel Knoop (on Humans in the Digital Era)inBabelOn Microaggressions, Language, and Inclusion in the Time of Gen AIThe social and racial reckoning in the wake of the George Floyd murder in May 2020 made many acutely aware of automatic patterns of…9 min read·Mar 11, 2024--6--6
Carin-Isabel Knoop (on Humans in the Digital Era)Love, Lies, and LinkedIn: On Ghosting, Bread-crumbing, Catfishing, and Workplace DynamicsExamining online dating platforms and user behavior holds clues for employee well-being challenges — and opportunities for us to do better…16 min read·Feb 29, 2024--8--8