“We are like islands in the sea, separate on the surface but connected in the deep.” If you’re like me, you’ve felt pretty separated from your colleagues over the past year. It feels like each of us is our own island, loosely connected in an archipelago chain, but scattered on distant shores. Changing winds and an unpredictable climate have made it more difficult to navigate toward where we want to be next in our careers, or to connect with the people who can help us figure it out.

BY RICK NELSON, TAG CO-FOUNDER AND CHAIRMAN OF LAUNCH CONSULTING "I went into the office last week and found.... a ghost town. Empty meeting rooms, abandoned desks, un-watered plants. As…