194: Andie Kramer and Al Harris—Will The Pandemic Hurt Women In The Work Force?

<p style="text-align: center;"><span style= "font-size: 24px;"><strong>Learn how today's crisis affects women and gender roles</strong></span></p> <p>We have a serious concern about the impact of the pandemic on women in the workplace. So, we invited Andie Kramer and Al Harris back to share with us their perspectives. On April 1^st, Andie had a new article published in <span style= "font-style: italic;">Forbes</span> entitled, <span style= "font-style: italic;">"</span><a style="font-style: italic;" href= "https://www.forbes.com/sites/andiekramer/2020/04/01/why-stay-at-home-orders-might-be-good-for-gender-equality/#58bfc93b1576" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Why Stay-At-Home Orders Might Be Good For Gender Equality</a><span style= "font-style: italic;">." </span> Or, if China is a leading indicator, it might be good for divorces. While we have been called <a href="../../../blink-and-the-future-is-here.-are-you-ready" target="_blank" rel="noopener">futurists</a>, this is not a time for us to offer anything that sounds like “certainty.” But we do know that these times are changing, fast, and we will have to as well. In this podcast, Andie, Al and I talk about how people change, or resist change. Especially now, please listen in.<img class="mce-hs-more" style="height: 20px !important;" src= "data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" data-mce-placeholder="" /></p> <p><img style= "width: 145px; float: left; margin: 7px 18px 0px 0px;" src= "https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/398462/Andrea%20Kramer%20and%20Alton%20Harris%20Image-1.jpg" alt="Andrea Kramer and Alton Harris Image-1" width= "145" /><span style="font-size: 20px;"><strong>Humans are habit-driven animals</strong></span></p> <p>We prefer to fall into old habits and repeat well-honed patterns of behavior which we believe to be “the way we do it.” For years, we at <a href="http://www.simonassociates.net/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">SAMC</a> have preached, "If you want to change, have a crisis or create one." The CO