Links I Love: February 23, 2020
Want to stay in bed longer? Here’s what I’ve been loving, laughing at, and getting intrigued by all week long. Now cozy up with your laptop/tablet and enjoy :) CAREER / BUSINESS Self-Checkout Tech Hasn't Caught Up to Retailers' Needs. (Morning Brew) How Houston Embraced Augmented Reality to Enhance the Visitor Experience. (Skift) Idea burnout: As more DTC brands enter the fray, founders struggle to differentiate. (Modern Retail) Meet the New Nike Boss: Trading Tech for Air Jordans. (Wall Street Journal) 1,000 True Fans? Try 100. (Andreessen Horowitz) How to use these 7 presentation skills to nail a job interview. (Fast Company) Inside Mark Zuckerberg's Lost Notebook. (Wired) 8 Ways Solopreneurs Can Replicate the Benefits of Full-Time Employment. (Under 30 CEO) 4 Tips to Establish a Culture of Learning at Your Business. (Under 30 CEO) Surfacing Tough Conversations with Your Manager. (Instagram) Related: Women receive significantly less feedback than men at work — 3 ways to change that. (NBC News) Serena Williams wants more companies to hire mothers, so she joined a startup that's making it happen. (Business Insider) PRODUCTIVITY / SOCIAL … [Continue reading]
Weekend Recap: Solo Talons and Spring Running
After last week's mess of a time getting home from the mountains, and knowing this was President's Day weekend, I wanted to get out to Minturn early this weekend. Fortunately, I had a lot of morning calls that were primarily listen-only, so I packed up my stuff late on Thursday night after my flight got in, then headed out Friday morning. I couldn't leave till 9am because of some active calls from 7-9, and unfortunately, that ended up being my undoing. Believe it or not, traffic was already backed up when I finally hit the road at 9:30am, and it took me three hours to drive to Minturn! I had been counting on no traffic at all, and had planned to ski over lunch as my workout for the day, but that was a no-go. On the bright side, my drive was really productive, and I got a lot of things sorted out with my team. When I got into Minturn, I threw together a quick lunch and finished my afternoon calls by 4pm. Then, I headed to the Avon Rec Center. I was pretty tired and not really feeling a run, since my legs were pretty sore from the lower body bootcamp I had done the day before. Instead, I did 45 minutes on the elliptical while watching Grey's Anatomy. I haven't watched TV while … [Continue reading]
Links I Love: February 16, 2020
Want to stay in bed longer? Here’s what I’ve been loving, laughing at, and getting intrigued by all week long. Now cozy up with your laptop/tablet and enjoy :) CAREER / BUSINESS How to Attract Google-Level Talent Without a Google-Level Name. (Under 30 CEO) How to future-proof your career path in 2020 (and beyond). (Fast Company) Zappos has quietly backed away from holacracy. (Quartz) The Grooming Gap: What “Looking the Part” Costs Women. (In These Times) How the ‘Bachelor’ Franchise Became an Influencer Launchpad. (The Ringer) The Body Shop Adopts "Open Hiring". (Morning Brew) KFC and Crocs created a clog that's covered in fried chicken with a charm that smells like it, too. (CNN) The newest location to buy Girl Scout cookies in Chicago? Outside a recreational marijuana dispensary.. (Chicago Tribune) Move over, kale: Mushrooms are the new grocery aisle celebrities. (CNN) The Coronavirus Outbreak Causes Online Grocery Orders to Skyrocket. (Morning Brew) The New Trophies of Domesticity. (The Atlantic) Mathematicians have solved traffic jams, and they’re begging cities to listen. (Fast Company) This New York deli offers customers free food … [Continue reading]
Weekend Recap: Zach’s Cabin Birthday Tradition
This weekend kicked off pretty late, as I was at my company's Advisory Leadership conference in San Diego Wednesday through Friday, and didn't get home until 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Unfortunately, due to some delayed flights, that meant I was late for dinner with my friends Chris and Mark. Plus, although it had been sunny and beautiful in San Diego (enough where I got to go yachting with some coworkers!), I landed in Denver to find a snowy mess that made for a slow and arduous drive home :( I raced into Gordon Biersch feeling terrible I had made everyone wait for me, but Chris assured me they had only ordered 5 minutes before, and I quickly ordered and settled in. It had been a while since I had been to dinner with Chris and Mark and their kids, and I was really thrilled I didn't have to cancel! We had a great time catching up, and while I had originally thought I would drive to Minturn as soon as I got in on Friday, I was really glad I had chosen to meet them for dinner instead. Due to the storm (which was even worse in the mountains), CDOT closed I-70, and I was grateful to not be halfway out there and having to either turn around or wait hours for them to lift the closure. It … [Continue reading]
