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How could you flex your workday to work with nature?
Two days ago, as it has been for nearly a week, the temperature where I live crept up to nearly 30c (88f), with not a breath of wind and very high humidity. Ok, so 30c in cayman is an average day, and I never suffered in the heat there for decades, but hey, Cayman has air conditioning and fans. London?. Nope. Now, as my working day went on, I knew I’d booked myself into a group bike ride for 6:30 that evening.
Around 5 pm I stopped and thought about doing that ride. As The Specials would say: TOO HOT! (one of my favourite bands of all time, see live video of them performing that song here). So, I cancelled my place on that ride, then also moved my first video call of the day from early morning to later.
This then enabled me to spend that evening staying as cool as I could, then I got up early and went for a bike before the day heated up. I can tell you, riding at 19c is WAY more pleasant than riding in nearly 30c heat! Even so, I only rode for about an hour, as mid-morning I knew I had a walk booked with a client.
So, this view is about 600 feet up at the midpoint of my ride, looking back towards London (though the tall buildings aren’t visible due to the heat haze!).
Five days ago I wrote: “Working with (your) nature”, about flexing our work schedule with nature, and with our…
