Let’s rid our work environments of the toxic smoke of dysfunction

Chris Gaither
4 min readJan 27, 2021
Photo by Elia Pellegrini on Unsplash

Before he saw the smoke, he felt it in his throat. It tasted foul. It curled into his nose, his mouth, his lungs.

He looked up from his computer. His colleagues were tapping at their keyboards. The smoke hovered around them.

He walked to his manager’s door.

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Chris Gaither

Executive coach to environment and social-impact leaders and teams. Seeker of wisdom and inspiration. Former Apple, Google, LA Times, Boston Globe.