You Are Enough: Bringing your Whole Self To Your Career
summary
Company-level design thinking rollout in 2018 focuses on empathy iteration and invention and is credited with shifting how IT builds solutions. Practical tactics include a PB&J model (Processes, Bureaucracy, Jams) for voice of customer, weekly Motivation Monday emails sent for 18 months to a 15-person global team (13 of 15 ask to keep them), desk‑yoga sessions and handwritten cards to boost morale, and small camera‑confidence coaching — all low‑cost interventions that measurably increase user satisfaction and team engagement.
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chapters (15)
- 0:00Introduction and company background
- 1:32Personal branding game
- 2:16Early career influences and scoliosis
- 4:21Yoga teaching and career paths
- 6:06Bringing whole self to IT work
- 8:30Voice of customer and PB&J model
- 10:16Desk yoga and wellness tips
- 11:17Handwritten cards and connections
- 12:01Infusing personality into office space
- 12:45Design thinking and empathy
- 13:26Tips to stay true to yourself
- 15:10Knowing your values and strengths
- 16:14Courage compassion and connection
- 17:15Overcoming camera insecurities
- 17:59Challenge to bring full self to work
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