At Slack ’s company HQ there’s a motto on the wall in bright pink neon letters, "Work hard and go home." Here's why 👇 Slack’s culture goes even deeper than its slogans. Slack management leads by example to encourage employees to take time to disconnect. Among the many Slack channels within the organization, the ones company leadership takes most seriously are the feedback channels. They are not just for sharing opinions on the latest product release; they are also for sharing thoughts about how to improve as a company. Slack addresses workplace distraction by opening up a dialogue. #Indistractable #Culture #Tech #Wellbeing …see more

Check out why the Ultimate Growth Strategy is customer retention in my newest article below! #Customer #Retention #Growth #Bestreads …see more

While we can't control the feelings and thoughts that pop into our heads, we can control what we do with them. Research suggests that rather than trying to fight these thoughts and feelings that we should find new methods of handling these intrusive thoughts. Click below to read my article on how to disarm internal triggers and improve your focus. Let me know what you think of the article in the comments! #Indistractable #HumanBehavior #BehavioralPsychology …see more

That one time ... I tried to be a part of the TransUnion #TrueIdentity campaign. It feels scary living in a world that’s so connected! We challenge our #TransUnion teams to build products that solve problems that matter! In this case helping consumers know when someone is trying to conduct a transaction against their name or when their details end up on the dark web. Knowing wasn’t good enough so we included features in the product that provide insurance cover and other services that help consumers recover and their restore their true identity! #solvingproblemsthatmatter #trueidentity #africarising #identity #digital #informationforgood Garnet Jensen Tim Collins Steve De Blanche Jeannine Naudé Viljoen Dries Zietsman (MBA) Nikki Peel Chad Reimers Kriben Reddy (MBA) …see more

Almost go time. Excited to be launching the most disruptive solution to enable financial and social inclusion in Africa! 06.02.2018 #InformationForGood #altdata #financialinclusion #socialinclusion …see more

Glad to have spent the last two weeks working and collaborating with my VC peers to support the #startup ecosystem. Some general guidelines for founders to tackle #COVID19 - …see more

I'm still buzzing from the many engagements and client projects that came to a close this week... Including part 3 of our 3-part LinkedIn Local Madison series! We came, we laughed, we conquered... And made incredible friendships along the way! SO much love to our sponsors Julie Sternal and Ryan Jacobson for providing the gorgeous space at Serendipity Labs . And there is NO way I could have pulled this off without our ambitious and helpful hosts, Melanie Ruelas , AJ Sue (he-him) , JARED J.Wiese , and Carolyn (Carrie) Bohlig 🎤 My heart is absolutely swimming in the love and support you all have shared with me as I also just broke through 40k followers in my LinkedIn family! And a huge shout out to Jill Myhre , Kristin Stutz and Steve who drove 2.5 hours to attend this morning! Have you attended a LinkedIn Local?! What has been your favorite takeaway?! What is your favorite event format?! Ah! I'm so excited to hear your thoughts, ideas, and feedback as we celebrate one incredible series! #socialselling #linkedinlocalmadison #digitalmarketing …see more

I know people taking vacation time for the Cyberpunk 2077 release (a video game). These are business professionals. I may, or may not, be one of those people 😅. The impact of gaming is real. That is all. #justQ 🖖🏽🖤 …see more

📢 Big Announcement 📢 In December we announced a #LinkedInAds performance contest on the LinkedIn Ads Show. We had SOOO many amazing entries, but we've just announced the 3 winners (In no particular order because all 3 are rockstars). Check out these amazing stats (all personally verified by me): 1. Zoltán Kozma - Highest CTR and Lowest CPC 5.6% CTR and €0.14 CPC. 2. Alex Panchuk - Highest Landing Page Conversion Rate 62.14% conversion rate 3. Eric Southwell - Highest Conversion Rate 65.4% conversion rate Check out the winning entries here and congratulate these amazing marketers on some of the most amazing paid LinkedIn performance that we've ever seen: …see more

Let’s be honest: 2020 has been a sh*tshow. 💩 But a year from now, your life and career could look entirely different. Use the power of #visualization to pen a letter to your future self and be sure to: Make it aspirational 🌟 Don’t be afraid to dream big. To achieve something you never had, you need to do something you’ve never done, and right now, that might mean dropping your limiting beliefs and closed #mindset . Consider this: if all the bad events of 2020 can happen, why can’t the pendulum swing the other direction? Make it specific 🎯 When you have #clarity about your future, you can more easily envision it. Imagine it’s September 2021—what, specifically, do you hope to be celebrating? What do your life and career look like? Challenge yourself to be curious about the possibilities. Make it positive 👍 With so much negativity thrown at us in 2020, it’s easy to dwell on what’s gone wrong. And that’s okay, as long as you use looking back as a chance to learn. Use that information to reframe your experiences in a positive manner to help you make #progress and envision your #goals . The beauty of writing your future self a letter is that you control the narrative. And this is one story that is sure to have a happy ending.✨ #leadership #career #perspective …see more

Everything you’ve ever wanted is sitting on the other side of fear. Here are three red flags 🚩 to watch for and how to combat them to make progress in your career. ✅ #fear #progress #career …see more

In my latest Forbes article, I share how to recognize and combat the red flags of fear. 🚩 #fear #career #progress …see more

Our first Sourcing MeetUp, it’s all about tools✌🏼 Thank you Ortal Katsva for the amazing idea and bringing it to life. See you next time!

Coping when you get sick or injured—it’s tough. My husband came home yesterday in a cast after tearing his Achilles’ tendon. And he was very irked and cranky. Every day people break bones, sprain ankles, get diagnosed with pneumonia, chicken pox, get their hip replaced and many other ailments that require people “staying put” for a week or three. So what’s the best way to move past being mad or irritated or depressed during a period of injury or illness? Step one. Accept the current reality of the situation. Step two? Reframe the situation—For example if you are ‘bummed out’ you can’t play tennis for three months, think ‘now an opportunity to read those books I’ve been wanting to read’ or to ‘learn to cook those four dishes that I’ve just haven’t gotten around to...’ Truth is there’s lots that can be done during this ‘down time,’ so think ‘Crisis as Opportunity.’ …see more

The COVID-19 pandemic gave tech companies a chance to work on their public image, by showcasing how their technological expertise can revolutionize healthcare. Read about 4 remarkable examples in this article, and if you find them compelling, check out the 15 most significant players in our newest ebook! #themedicalfuturist #digitalhealth #future #healthcare #medicine #technology #book #reading #read #ebook #techgiants #techcompanies #COVID19 …see more

Just to clarify, these are not my organs but my heart rate! I got early access to Virtuali-Tee's new heart rate tracker feature. It visualises your own heart rate in augmented reality through the app. It will be a fantastic addition to science lessons bringing a fun new dimension to learning about the heart and circulatory system. My phone's LED got a bit hot during the process but the visualization is excellent as usual! I gave them this feedback and they immediately responded to solve the issue. The app uses your phone's camera to measure the amount of light passing through your fingertip and detects tiny changes as blood passes through to calculate heart rate accordingly. It's being released on the App Store and Google Play on Monday 23rd July. https://lnkd.in/eq_6nEA #digitalhealth #meded #education #ar #augmentedreality …see more

One of the video clips from this morning's conversation with Bloomberg's Jonathan Ferro -- on the outlook for Emerging Markets and the investment implications (both areas of opportunity and those of high risk). https://lnkd.in/g79M94w #economy #markets #investors #BloombergTV #economics Bloomberg LP #em #covid …see more

This article from The Wall Street Journal on global trade--and the next quarterly data will be worse--is consistent with two hypotheses: The likely shift in global business's emphasis from efficiency towards resilience; and This phase of de-globalization will be driven by companies, governments and households. https://lnkd.in/g3qXBKA #economy #trade #globalization #efficiency #resilience #wsj …see more

We can add this to the list of once highly unlikely or outright unthinkable developments that have become reality. It's a long list already that includes Negative interest rates and oil prices Champion of free trade becoming a leading protectionist Greece borrowing at negative yields etc... #oil #markets #economy #yields #interestrates #bonds #currency #investing #selloff #volatility #investmentmanagement #equities #greece #us #oil …see more

In 1980 I visited President Jimmy Carter in the White House. I was obsessed with politics. With the people who worked so hard to be “governor” or “Senator” or “president”. I think it was because I was insecure. I didn’t want to be just me. I wanted people to like me, to maybe even VOTE for me. At age 12. When my friends were starting to hold hands with girls and feel that first unusual stirrings of romance, I would go home every day and call Senators and Governors and Presidential candidates for hours. I would write letters to them, maybe 50 letters a day, and steal the stamps from my parents. . . . . #lifestyle #politics #democrate #entrepreneur #writing …see more