Sometimes you can find wisdom in unexpected places. What did I see on this morning’s walk? A sign reminding me that “Hill Blocks View”. This year has been quite a significant hill for me. I was blessed with SO many tremendously great opportunities and accomplishments. I gave two invited keynote talks - one of which was on a TREMENDOUS stage in Albania. I did the technical writing of two very large, technical, complicated, and very successful RFP responses.
The Long and Winding Road: Sometimes the best path from point A to point B is not a straight line. Follow the twists and turns of one alumna’s career through 8 very different industries and 7 unique functional roles into the position she feels she was always meant to play. At the 2021 LeadHERship Conference at Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, NJ, USA, I presented an interactive talk about how to make career transitions when you are pursuing a non-linear career.
At times, my home projects absorb my time and attention as much as the ones I do for work. This post is the first of what I hope to be a “Behind the Scenes” series of insights that I have learned from these hobbies. In mid 2020, I decided to take up sourdough bread making. As with many projects, it took me a while to master making this type of bread.