Retail — home goods
Rise & Co. Homeware
The Return
A senior coworker presses for a refund exception in front of waiting customers.
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Handling disagreement without automatically escalating it or swallowing it.
Add this focus to my Spark guideWorkday 01 · The Favor
Monday · 8:52 AM
Your cousin's husband wants to know if his wife came in last week, and why. He's not being cruel about it. He's just asking.
Workday 02 · A Slow Afternoon
Tuesday · 1:15 PM
Nothing urgent is happening, which is its own kind of trap. No-shows, a records request and a phone that won't stop, and every small decision is yours alone.
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Retail — home goods
Rise & Co. Homeware
A senior coworker presses for a refund exception in front of waiting customers.
Enter workdayManufacturing · Production line
Fenmore Line 4
An experienced coworker suggests a workaround for a faulty safety guard.
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