COO for mission-driven tech startups and scaleups
I’ve been an Operations professional my whole life. From organizing large-scale musical events to the co-founder and COO of a digital media company, to most recently as the Head of Operations of two tech startups. There are many lessons here that everyone can benefit from but mostly this is for those of you who are...
Maybe you feel fear when speaking in public, teaching your teenager to drive, or thinking about climate change. Me too! But recently I had a panic attack at the top of a cliff and at that moment I transformed fear into love. How? By focusing on the very small miracles around me and breathing. I...
If you’re reading the recent news of global fires and devastating floods, massive glacial ice sheets calving off the Antarctic, and record-breaking temperatures reported from Portland to Siberia, you may not be surprised by the recent report from the IPCC with the urgent call to action; the preverbal, “code red for humanity,” was issued. I...
The argument to switch to electric vehicles from fossil fuel vehicles as a way to save the planet has me weighing the truth of this concept. When I suggest looking at an electric cars' entire life cycle, inception to landfill, before really jumping on board, I get blank stares in return. I’ve had the same...
You know that feeling when you witness someone doing or saying something that you know is wrong? It might be something as trivial as an incorrect statement of the facts or it could be an action that has the potential to cause others harm. Your heart starts beating rapidly, threatening to thump right out of...
Wouldn’t it be nice if life always presented you with two clean choices and all you had to do was pick the one that felt right? That you could make all your life choices with conviction because the options presented were either a ‘HECK yeah!’ or a ‘hell no!’ Many entrepreneurs, business experts, and leaders...
If you’re looking to advance your career, all the mentors in the world can’t help you. Ok, so that’s not entirely true, but while a mentor can help you pursue your sacred question, she may not have the leverage to move you up the professional ladder. A mentor is still incredibly valuable and necessary as...
I wake up every morning and ask myself, “What am I meant to do? Have I found my real purpose in life?” Even though I’m technical ‘all grown up,’ and by society’s standards, I should have it all figured out already, I’m still working on it. I’ve given myself the go-ahead to pursue my curiosities...
Thinking outside the box is nature’s oldest trick in the book. For millions of years, nature has come up with brilliant solutions to complex problems. Nature has figured out how to give birds the ability to fly, how to dispose of billions of tons of biomass on an annual basis, and how to create a...
Sit still for two minutes, eyes closed, and observe the flow of your breath. In. And out. In. And out. If you’re very still, you may become aware of an internal energetic force in your body, even if very faint. The energy can be palpable like a fire or tender like a breath; sit or...