Posts by Carol Ross
Three Types of Boundary Crossers
When I think back on the kinds of boundary crossers that I’ve run into, they seem to fall into three camps: Individuals who have had a successful career in one area and a passionate hobby in another world (e.g., software developer during the week and musician on the weekends) Individuals who are starting a career…
Read MoreJet Lag, Part 2
In my posting titled Jet Lag, I talked about catching up your beliefs, behaviors, and mindset to who you are today. The same type of "jet lag" can happen with catching up to who others are now. For the last few years, I’ve been struggling with jet lag when it comes to my sons, as…
Read MoreThe Long Tail
I finished The Long Tail by Chris Anderson a couple of weeks ago but have been procrastinating writing a post about it. Maybe it’s because there’s so much that resonates with me that it’s hard to pick one or two things to talk about. It was the same when I read Clay Shirkey’s Here Comes…
Read MoreIf You Want to Grow Your Career, Grow Your Community
That’s the title of an event that I’ll be facilitating for Asian-American women on Sept 21 in Denver. We’ll be looking at how to network in a meaningful and natural way, what the participants know about success and failure in navigating their careers, and what it feels like to tap into a community of women…
Read MoreAmbient Awareness, Twitter, and Eco-Systems
Two people pointed me to this blog posting about Twitter and how it creates "ambient awareness" of each other. Actually, the posting is an excerpt from a New York Times Magazine article published on Sept 7. What I notice is how quickly the news spreads because it’s excerpted on a blog (that viral thing), more…
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