The Work Well With Others program is specifically designed to show you how to work well with everyone in your life. http://bit.ly/2DRXUOG

It’s not about how many hours you spend at your desk, it’s how you spend those hours that counts. Here are 5 simple techniques you can use today to work less AND get more done.

We're hiring a writer! McKinsey's Greater China Region--Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Taipei, Hong Kong, Chengdu--is growing fast. Our more than 1,000 colleagues across the region--data scientists, doctors, biochemists, coders, designers, entrepreneurs, social media gurus--help some of the most dynamic companies in the region to rethink what they do, transform their operations, and build entirely new businesses from scratch. We're looking for a gifted storyteller to help us tell our story, to our own folks inside the firm--now over 33,000-strong globally--and to the rest of the world. Someone who loves to write, is a meticulous editor, and is completely intoxicated with the power of a good story to evoke emotion, change minds, and move people to action. This is an English-language role, and demands native-speaking-level English writing ability. Speaking and reading Mandarin Chinese is also essential as most our colleagues on the ground speak and read it as their first language. You must be highly WeChat-savvy. It's a Shanghai or Beijing-based role, and you must already be here given the immigration restrictions in place. If you're interested please send me a connection request on LinkedIn and a private message. #china #storytelling (Photo by Thom Milkovic on Unsplash) …see more

Consumers in China are coming back with a roar. How has the crisis changed how they discover and buy products? Listen to the leaders of McKinsey's Greater China and Retail Practice-- Daniel Zipser , Alex Sawaya , and Daniel Hui --talk about how the crisis has changed consumers--and how it hasn't--on episode 90 of the McKinsey on China podcast. #China #consumers #covid19 #economy …see more

This morning at the World Economic Forum’s annual gathering in Dalian, China, McKinsey global managing partner Kevin Sneader spoke on a televised panel about China’s economic outlook. In this video, he talks about “4 disruptions and 1 revolution.” Read a summary of Kevin's remarks on Caixin's English website here: https://lnkd.in/f7sMuFz Watch the full session on the WEF website: https://lnkd.in/fgZmuv4 #worldeconomicforum #amnc19 #china …see more

From Quartz: “Time with friends, colleagues, siblings, and children diminishes over the course of a lifetime. The older we get, the person we spend the most time with is the one we see in the mirror. That’s the conclusion of a recent, fascinating analysis of data from the American Time Use Survey, an annual census by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics of how Americans spend their hours. Data scientist Henrik Lindberg combed through results from 2003 to 2015 to determine how much of that time is spent in the company of others.” https://lnkd.in/fHKBYiX …see more

Remember the 1984 movie, This is Spinal Tap? Here are some practical lessons for having more impact at work, inspired by one of the funniest scenes in this "mockumentary" (bonus: YouTube clip!)

"One thing that I have learned in recent years is that everything is simultaneously a joke and serious" is one of the most hauntingly profound things I've read in a while. Comes from this excellent Newsletter by Matt Levine …see more

Medium sized seems to be the hardest. It’s quite easy to be a thrusting small project. It’s quite easy to do little bits of innovation on the side. It’s quite easy to be big, to have dominance of a market, to have expert staff, to leverage scale for pricing , awareness etc . Oil tankers can’t change fast but they rarely have to. It’s small companies trying to get medium sized or it’s large companies trying to do medium sized things where it all gets very hard. Often it seems to be the worst of both. …see more

A brilliant piece from Derek Thompson as always. A real insight about the notion of a world where many elements are diverging

Oh WOW. I JUST saw the first round of artwork concepts for our documentary, Woke-Washed, on the collision of marketing and social movements. What is better than a talented group of creative thinkers delivering work that elevates your vision, validates your goal, and leaves you confident that THIS WORK WILL CHANGE THE WORLD. Suzy Jurist Shawna Dermer and the rest of the SJI Associates | Full-Service Creative Agency team - thank you! I can't wait to show you what they've done :) Until then -- get on my newsletter list to find out more about the progress of the film and book. You are not gonna want to miss this. Link below. #documentary #creative #wokewashed …see more

Thank you LinkedIn for a fabulous #SXSW brunch event! Kaitlin Stich Alicia Bellingham #brandedmoment #brandactivation #linkedin #eventing

Big news in the research space: Forrester is buying SiriusDecisions for $245M -- my hunch is that this provides both with better scale (if somehow they can merge two very different cultures successfully), focus (Sirius's domain is marketing, product, and sales functions/tech), and competitive juice against Gartner, who was $3.3B in revenue (2017) compared to Forrester's $313.7M in 2016. (Last publicly available numbers I can find.) What does this mean to you? https://lnkd.in/eWd9Dqu …see more

Annual Holiday Gift Guide - Part 3 of 3 What do you get everyone on your list for the holidays? Keep watching! #holidayseason …see more

Would you believe the SATs taught me one of the most valuable lessons I learned in scaling my company? I reveal it here – along with 2 other key business insights I wish I’d known when beginning to grow my business. Check out the full article on Microsoft 365 The Growth Center: https://lnkd.in/eFqGWxx . #Microsoft365 #sponsored …see more

This might be the most important piece I’ve written this year. 👩🏻‍💻 If you want your brand to still be around tomorrow, please read. And, share. 🙏🏽 #marketing #humanresources #technology #import #strategy #itstrategy #branding …see more

Good Day Fox Studios - Sharing the Top Tech Apps of 2016 ���� #gamefaceon #oncamera #tech #womeninmedia

Many who are getting laid off due to the COVID-19 pandemic are going to be in shock. And it will be easy to fall into the "I do x" trap. I say trap because, in reality, a lot of us have more knowledge than we think we do. And way more than our job title conveys. So I thought I'd share the process I went through after leaving Netflix that allowed me to see the skillsets I had. Turned out there were way more than I thought. And it helped me to expand how I thought about opportunities going forward. I hope you find this helpful. #layoffs #skillsets #yougotthis #jobhunting #jobmarket #laidoff …see more

A lot of people have told me that they think marketing Netflix  must have been easy all along. Nope. Here's why. (and yes it is also another don't spend $$$ on brand marketing if you're a resource-constrained startup joint). #marketing #branding #netflix #brandmarketing #earlydays …see more

Bozoma Saint John is the queen of branding. I can't get enough of her. Her ability to create a compelling narrative for herself - and for her company - is a lesson in the right kind of self-promotion and marketing: be authentic, be consistent and be motivational. …see more