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I help individuals determine what they want out of their career and how to get it. Whether it's a new job, surviving the one you have, or creating something new.
My clients are creators; be it in business, the arts, or sciences. I guide them into the "space between things", the interstitial space where innovation and creativity speaks. Then, I use my years of consulting experience to make those ideas reality - be it a new job, an innovative product, or art exhibit.
For inspiration I explore remote areas to find unexpected stories about cool creatures. I bring that inspiration back to you right here with videos. My clients learn how to develop a persuasive, personal narrative that sets them apart.
Are you ready? It's your career, write your own story.
Ushuaia, Argentina, 21 January 2009
Of penguins and personality.
It’s my first time around a penguin colony. Luckily, I had just met Dyan deNapoli, The Penguin Lady. Dyan explained that penguins personalities are similar to cats. After a morning around this colony, I still can’t keep track of a single penguin without confusing it with the others. Yet, I know they are not alike.
I remember working in “cube land”. At times, it felt like I was just another indistinct ID number. Now one of the things I most enjoy is helping clients clearly define the qualities and experiences that make them both unique and desirable employees. Defining what makes you different is how you will stand out, get the interview, and land the job. What that requires is knowing who you are, or to use the cliche, “what you bring to the table”, and putting it into direct language. What’s the simplest way you can state it?
El Calafate, Argentina, 18 January 2009.
“Glacial change” is a misnomer: glaciers are anything but slow. This one is alive…
I am interested in questions of identity and transformation. This glacier is a good metaphor for both. Seeing it in person changed how I think about glaciers. For example, to stay balanced the glacier sheds large chunks of itself weighing several tons. This shedding sounds like thunder or an approaching earthquake. So the glacier is not slow to change, as we think.
I think we often use the word “balance”, for example “work life balance”, and think the word “peaceful”. When in fact, staying balanced requires the ability to make difficult decisions and the willingness to rid our lives and homes of the thoughts, behaviors and possessions that keep us from pursuing that which gives us pleasure.
