The Day I left Lucille OR How I learned to stop worrying and love the calm

About 3 weeks ago, I had to…

Welcome to Every Day is a School Day

Growing up, when I would fail at something, my mother would say to me “every day is a school…

How to put the ST in SuperSTar

Empowering your team with the Skill and Behavior Assessment Chart

Time Management for Product Managers (and everyone else)

I’ve always been a “firefighter.” I enjoy jumping from fire to fire and solving emergencies — that’s why I became an EMT in college. I loved the rush when the beeper went off and staying calm while everyone around me was panicking…

1 Year Designing At Social Tables

Woah! A lot can happen in a year. It’s pretty incredible how quickly time flies. I still remember…

My name is Ricky, and I don’t challenge myself.

Self-motivation is something I struggle with daily.

I take the requests and expectations of others seriously. When I don’t accomplish them, it upsets me. But I don’t feel that same passion when failure just means letting…

kʌnfɛʃInz ʌv ʌ nʊli kɔrprIt BD

(Confessions of a newly corporate BD)

Where Comedy Meets Cubicle

In the winter of 2013, I was gifted the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to study at Chicago’s heralded improvisational school of comedy “The Second City.”

The slap in the face? I don’t know of a more cynical way in which someone can tell you, “Your jokes…

I’m bad at the #1 thing you need to succeed in a startup culture

Change is good. Change means progress. Change means you learned something new and took action. Being open to change is the #1 thing you need to succeed in a startup culture… and was also my biggest kryptonite when I…

My name is Jeff, and I hate going outside my comfort zone

So I know what you’re thinking: he’s handsome, smart, only 22 years old, is in business development — this guy must be fearless! Well, I know this might come as a shock, but you’d only be 99 percent correct there.