I play a very soothing, dumb game all the time now, called Block Blast!, it’s very similar to Tetris except instead of having blocks fall continuously from above (which causes me anxiety, tbh), it gives you three blocks at a …
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Learning, trying, and doing
One of the things I try to guard against, as I gather more experience and expertise with age, is coming off as a person who believes they’re always right. I have developed an acute allergy to people who are 100% …
In search of meaning and nuance
My father, who is nearly 90 years old, has suffered from dementia for more than a decade now and currently lives in a memory care residence, since my mother was unable to care for him full-time and he wouldn’t accept …
When people behave poorly in the workplace
From my earliest jobs after college, I have vivid memories of incidents when my bosses at the time called me into their offices to reprimand me for doing something wrong. These dressing-downs were usually about breaking confidentiality – one boss …
Getting past the anger impasse
I’ve been thinking a lot about how to move forward after the November 2024 election results, both personally and professionally. The question that’s come up repeatedly for me is whether, now that Trump has been sentenced in the hush-money case …
Thoughts about the narrative turnaround of Biden/Harris
The way I’ve talked about narrative change in the past, you’d be forgiven for thinking it was kind of a lengthy, drawn-out process. If I’m working on a narrative strategy project with a client, for example, there’s usually some type …
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Finding my way out of work ambivalence
I have a confession. In the past two months, I’ve thrown my hat into the ring for two jobs. Both were executive-level positions, and let me tell you, while I have an excellent resumé and can write a damn good …
You should get some (work) satisfaction
My son is going to graduate from college this spring. He goes to a film and media school for college, a decision that stemmed from so many factors: his love of Disney and Pixar from an extremely young age, our …
The importance of reflective capacity
The other day, I was doing an interview for one of the kabillion case studies I signed up for this year* and the person I was interviewing, who struck me as a lovely, thoughtful person, used a term called “reflective …
Being up in your own head about work
It feels like every week brings another bad workplace story. Last week, Rolling Stone published a piece about Jimmy Fallon creating a toxic workplace environment on his show, Late Night. The piece included numerous reports from former and current employees, …
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