Ailian GaninAilian GanBending TimeMy baby is twelve weeks old. Barely a semester, a season, and yet a lifetime. All my experience as a mom. His entire life and counting. In…Jul 28, 20201Jul 28, 20201
Ailian GaninAilian GanThe Parable of the Chocolate CakeIt was a Friday in August, and I was in the hospital. In the same year, I had been in and out of the hospital many times, some stays…Jan 11, 2017Jan 11, 2017
Ailian GaninAilian GanLearning about My Creative Process — 100 Days of Childhood MemoriesWhen I first started #100DaysOfChildhoodMemories, I thought I would get to know my younger self better. That hasn’t really happened…Jan 8, 2017Jan 8, 2017
Ailian GaninAilian GanReflecting on the Process Behind 100 Days of Childhood MemoriesI am over a quarter of the way through the 100 Days of Childhood Memories (also on Instagram here), and people keep asking me about my…Jan 8, 2017Jan 8, 2017
Ailian GaninAilian Gan100 Days of Childhood Memories — An Introduction to the ProjectThis is Day 0.Jan 8, 2017Jan 8, 2017
Ailian GaninAilian GanThe long arc of a careerThe greatest manager I know got a promotion. And it’s a huge one. He will be entering the ranks of global management at one of the largest…Jan 8, 2017Jan 8, 2017
Ailian GaninAilian GanThe leadership of small decisionsWhen we were trekking around Antarctica, I remember one of our expedition leaders defining leadership this way:Jan 8, 2017Jan 8, 2017
Ailian GaninAilian GanBefore Seth Godin was Seth GodinBefore he was Seth Godin, marketer extraordinaire, spreader of ideas, blogger who posts awesome content every single day to a gigantic…Jan 8, 2017Jan 8, 2017
Ailian GaninAilian GanThe origins of “stay hungry, stay foolish”I love this chain of anecdotes. They make my brain tingle. This is the story I didn’t get around to telling when I wrote about the Stewart…Jan 8, 2017Jan 8, 2017