by Emily Chang | Jan 2, 2022 | Learner, Workplace
We have been playing with, feeding, and loving on this little boy for a few months. But in the first month, we didn’t hold him a whole lot. You see, with his oversized (and very heavy) head, he’s not very easy to hold. Furthermore, having spent most of his first...
by Emily Chang | Dec 29, 2021 | Leadership, Learner, Ways of Work, Workplace
Throughout our careers, we invest to identify our strengths via assessments like Myers-Briggs or StrengthsFinder. And it’s certainly helpful to know what we’re good at, to define the context in which we thrive. Yet, while we might impress with our strengths, it’s...
by Emily Chang | Dec 26, 2021 | The Spare Room
Will inspired me to write the book, The Spare Room. While providing this enormous affirmation, he also changed the way I saw myself as a leader. We recently reminisced about that life-changing conversation on Will’s podcast, Elevation Barn. The life-changing...
by Emily Chang | Dec 19, 2021 | Change Management, DEI, The Spare Room, Ways of Work, Workplace
I recently spoke with Shawn Nason on his podcast, the Combustion Chronicles. As someone who lives in the world of human-centered design, he is a joy to speak with, and he asks great questions! In fact, at 7:37 of the podcast, he inquires, “What’s your...
by Emily Chang | Dec 12, 2021 | The Spare Room
I recently spoke with Michael Sherlock on her podcast, Shock Your Potential. Michael reflected that your Social Legacy is simply an extension of your value system (at 6:25). How true that is! In fact, I believe you’re positioned to make the most meaningful...
by Emily Chang | Dec 5, 2021 | Learner, Ways of Work
John Keats, a well-known poet, coined this phrase in a letter back in 1817. He defined negative capability this way: “When a man is capable of being in uncertainties, mysteries, doubts, without any irritable reaching after fact and reason.” What Keats is...
