I came across the care diamond framework in this paper and found it interesting enough to share with you all. So below are all the ways in which “care” as a service gets delivered in our society.
Via families / household - people take care of others for free, like a mom taking care of her child;
via for-profit companies that make money by taking care of people (eg: commercial daycare center);
via community / volunteers / non-profits - it’s still a paid service in many cases - but overall the effort is not driven by the need to create profit-making institutions; and
via government - say when it provides free healthcare.
In societies where 2 (affordable), 3 and 4 can become the primary source of delivering ‘care’, the need for care to be delivered via route 1 goes down. And since 1 is typically done by women and is unpaid, when the need for route 1 goes down, it frees up time for women to do other things in life.
How does this diamond look for India? Sombody tried to analyse that here.
Now to the other two things.
Thing 1
In a new CoreInsights episode, I share findings from a research paper that tried to find if quirky, unconventional workspaces help workers be more creative. What do you think is the finding? Watch this 3 min video to find out.
Thing 2
Did you know that self-driven taxis have been plying on the streets of SFO since April? Insane!
Cool, so now you are aware of the care diamond framework and two more things. See you soon. Will try this format of shorter newsletter for some time, and see how that goes. Feedback welcome.
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