Back in the mid 2000s, the documentary filmmaker Morgan Spurlock who rose rapidly in fame due to “Super-Size Me”, created a show named 30 Days in which they filmed a person living in someone else’s shoes for 30 days. It was meant to be provocative and more intelligent […]
As a female Hispanic executive I have often faced the dilemmas Sheryl Sandberg discusses in her book Lean In. I have felt the “impostor syndrome” and I have seen women tear each other apart. Then again who hasn’t I mean, rather, who hasn’t seen people just tearing each […]
Break the box Burn that box Banish the box Smash that box Shred the box Scrap the box Pierce the box Pickle that box Punch out the box Stop thinking outside the box For you are still in the Box’s confines The Box must be destroyed And you […]
Even giants need a leading hand As an executive in the non-profit world I have come to find that those at the top often need a lot more help than they let on. Many are filled with insecurities. Many feel like frauds in that they don’t think they […]
Seeking freedom Circle upon circle there’s no exit Running through the hoops No way to bend the mind The circles strangle For they are perfectly round Round and round With no way out The road ends at the beginning Concentric circles sound so pretty Prettyily we talk Mightily […]
These days you would be a fool to not realize any email you send out has a good possibility of being seen by people you originally didnt intend to read the email. These days people forward emails, respond in blind copies to others, or involve other people in […]
“Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.” ― Napoléon Bonaparte I have got a secret. Well, no. Let me rephrase. I know a secret. I have information that a certain other wishes that I did not have. I not only know a secret, I also […]
Unintelligible minion babble This morning a former colleague and I were exchanging snarky emails as we have tended to do over the past 8 years that we have known each other. Our sense of humor is not for the weak or faint of heart. Which is why we […]
Dora and that troll under the bridge Dora the Explorer is a cartoon that centers around a Hispanic American girl named Dora, who is constantly on a quest accompanied by her talking purple backpack and anthropomorphic monkey named Boots. Dora the explorer is an empowering toddler cartoon meant […]
This charming girl This past week, I met with a fairly high up official in my field. It was our first official meeting where I was laying out the groundwork for a long-term mutually beneficial collaboration. We, of course, started the meeting by talking about our backgrounds, where […]
