Pretty fun event featuring world-renowned hoop dancer Terrance Littletent and two performers who had previously been with Cirque du Soleil telling a story of cultures coming together. Music by the amazing Andino Suns. MCd by longtime friends of my inlaws. And the food was pretty awesome too!
Mom and dad got invited to a rooftop thank-you event for clients of their financial advisor and managed to convince their advisor to extend the invitation to Shea and I even though our investment portfolios differed by more than a few zeros at the time!
Recently had a meeting with all of them again and a lot has changed in eight years but not the clear love my mom has for her financial advisor (more than for me maybe?) or the fact that my dad is still wearing the same Rider shirt eight years later (which is probably part of why they get invited to rooftop parties in the first place – not a lot of extravagant or wasteful spending for them which is something the financial advisor said most of his clients have in common – being well-off but living like you’re not. Good advice for everyone!)
A long time ago, a senior leader at RPL told me “I know you like tech companies but libraries aren’t like those companies. We do things differently.”
I wasn’t advocating for trampolines in the hallways and personal chefs in the lunch room but I did wonder “Why” that person ruled out trying some different innovative things.
Fifteen plus years later in my career with different senior leaders in place, I still wonder the same thing…
After working at hypergrowth companies like @Uber and @Instacart, I’ve reflected on my learnings and believe that many traditional workplaces have things BACKWARDS.
?Here are some of the counterintuitive leadership principles I’ve learned along the way:
(As if the fact that many people will watch this edit of Trudeau’s softball Colbert interview and think it’s real. We are dancing in dangerous ground with how fast AI is advancing and how it allows people to manipulate photos, video and sound!)
