by Emily Chang | Nov 2, 2022 | Leadership, Learner, Uncategorised, Ways of Work, Workplace
I recently chatted with a young ad executive, Geno Schellenberger, for his Breaking & Entering podcast. He’s impressively enterprising, setting up his own podcast to help peers also trying to break into the advertising industry. Though Geno’s interest...
by Emily Chang | Feb 12, 2022 | Learner, Uncategorised
We’ve been discussing knowledge – intellect – wisdom. Here’s something interesting: the Chinese word for wisdom is 智慧 (Zhìhuì). Let’s have a look at what those individual characters mean: 智 (Zhì) =knowledge and 慧 (huì) = intelligence....
by Emily Chang | Oct 31, 2021 | Uncategorised
One segment of my recent podcast with Sam McIntyre really stayed with me. The new shape of family, and the shape of self. First, Sam and I talked about how families today are built differently. The Shape of Family How many of our families actually look like the Apple...
by Emily Chang | Sep 15, 2021 | Uncategorised
Where do you think our next kid will come from? Since each person who’s stayed in our Spare Room has come to us through a completely different experience, I was curious what she might say. From Lia who was huddled, injured, on the side of the street… to...
by Emily Chang | Jun 16, 2021 | DEI, Leadership, Learner, Uncategorised, Ways of Work, Workplace
Little Black Book recently reached out to ask my thoughts on #leadership, #authenticity, and #DE&I. We talked about everything from my first experience of leadership (middle school!) to my favorite boss (other than my current one, of course!) I also answered some...
by Emily Chang | Nov 23, 2020 | Change Management, Uncategorised, Workplace
What’s an oxymoron? Well, it puts two seemingly contradictory terms in conjunction, like “deafening silence,” “definite possibility,” or “act naturally.” Along similar lines, the concepts of “caring” and...