Think Creative Issue 8

All of the above! 39 %

Creative Life

a mission-driven community

Moon photoraphy by Mario Vilela

45 % Exploring new interests.

Almost half of staff have added a new habit or hobby to their routine, including gardening, poetry and needlepoint. Others are diversifying their exercise regime by adding activities like biking, dancing or P90X.

Interacted with child, pet or housemate

Ate a meal

Folded laundry

Quarantine has proven to be a

Wore pajamas

balancing act for parents of young children like Rola Abdullatif, pictured here with her daughter Zeena.

Brushed teeth/hair

Michael Zamba took up scuba diving and recently became certified in Mexico.

Watered plants

80 % A social staff. What do Creative employees miss from the office the most? No surprise here! The vast majority miss the daily interaction with colleagues and friends above all else.

60 % Missing office conveniences. More than half of those surveyed say their office desk, chair, printer or other item would enhance their home office experience.

New Faces These staff members joined Creative headquarters during the pandemic and have gotten to know their new colleagues remotely!

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What’s the strangest thing you have done while attending an online meeting?

Creative in Quarantine Creative staff share how they have adapted to work away from the office during COVID-19

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Alyssa Dinsmore Elina Pavlova Morgan Timme

I’m especially proud of how everyone at Creative has kept high standards, supported each other as a team, and risen to this unprecedented challenge.”

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Kristina Kay

visit our programs and real happy hours, we’re finding other ways to stay connected through the ups and downs of the pandemic. Here you’ll find some highlights from the past fewmonths and insights from a headquarters staff survey on adapting to life away from the office. As the health of Creative staff and their families remains our top priority, it may be some time before we’re reunited face to face. Until then, we’ll keep adapting, looking out for one another, reaching out via Zoom and stay- ing in touch remotely!

Since saying goodbye (temporar- ily) to our physical offices earlier this year, Creative staff members have discovered challenges and joys in working from home, new hobbies and another meaning to “business casual.” Creative’s commitment to our work hasn’t changed — but how we work certainly looks quite dif- ferent. Children, family members and pets make guest appearances during virtual meetings. Office lo- cations shift from desks to kitchen counters to backyard tables. And while we miss seeing our colleagues in person, traveling to

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Kemi Adesunloro Exequiel Caceres Richard Felty Samantha Holly Stan McWest Meaghan Koudelka Sarka Sengezener

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Matthew Kennelly Chase Mitchell Shannon-Marie Miglarese Joel Pollard

Adrienne Todela

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Joel Masselink

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Miranda Bain Sandy Oleksy-Ojikutu Manuel Orozco Jessica Spanswick

Leland Kruvant President & CEO

Photos submitted by Creative staff

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