This is a lot harder than I thought it would be. Friday is my last day at Slalom. See the last time I left a job was IBM, in 2017. Then, I had absolutely no doubt that moving on was the only decision for me. In fact, I wrote about my conviction to leave Big Blue on LinkedIn, well before The Voices Collection saw the light of day. This time, it's completely different. … [Read more...] about Slalom: Au Revoir
The CXO: With Sabine Scheunert
Preamble. Rejoice, it’s June! Summer is here. And it’s almost time for the Women Automotive Summit! It's been nearly 2 years since Stuttgart for the inaugural event. It was 2019, in those pre-pandemic days, where everything happened in person, first. After a successful pivot to and a spectacular event held 100% online in November 2020, the Women … [Read more...] about The CXO: With Sabine Scheunert
Hilton Head: Working from Everywhere
It's been a few months since I started coming out of my COVID/Corona induced coma (I call it my Co-Co coma). Like I imagine many of us, I started feeling hopeful in late March, after my first vaccine. With part of my quarantine crew (a team of 6 adults that have been known to successfully cohabitate with yearly, one late summer beach week at a time), I had already started … [Read more...] about Hilton Head: Working from Everywhere
One Slalom: With _build
I got back from a road trip to a box waiting for me at home Saturday. My first thought was "Oh he diiiiid!" Joel Forman, one of the General Managers of Slalom Consulting sister brand Slalom Build had taken me up on it! Seven months prior, after my whole Experience Design team from DC had successfully transferred to his organization, I had joked with him: "How do I get … [Read more...] about One Slalom: With _build
At the Table: Using my Voice
Something pretty magical happened to me yesterday. It actually started a couple of weeks ago, when I got a Teams ping from one of my leaders: "Are you free? I have something fun to talk to you about." Context: I was in the midst of transferring to a new team at Slalom, and of onboarding to a key leadership role at a large account and very important client. To say … [Read more...] about At the Table: Using my Voice
