She Quit Her Job: A New Chapter for Be Data Lit
In a world of layoffs, people compromise on what makes them them.And when we do that, we give other people our power. We give other people their dreams and goals rather than our own. I want to inspire and build a world of dreamers who don't have people telling them they can't do something but can.
How Dean Byrne is leveraging data to improve College Pathways
As we celebrate the accomplishments of our graduates and wish them a bright future, we also have to prepare them for the challenges ahead. In the United States, our economy is slowing down and companies are laying off employees by the hundreds if not thousands. This has created an employer's market flooded with mid-career professionals. Graduates have to be reminded to lean into their resilience and perseverance that got them through college.
Thinking Differently is A Superpower
Will Perkins shares his ADHD diagnosis and how he leverages his three-dimensional thinking.
Jason Thompson sheds light on anxiety and imposter syndrome.
For most of my life, I've been a very anxious person. My earliest memories of the fear that anxiety produces are from when I was around 8 years old. I had no idea what these feelings were, they felt alien, in my mind, I was the only person in the world that felt like this. The fear got so severe I had thoughts of being committed to some research institution, hooked up to all sorts of machines, so that people could study why I was having these alien feelings.
Keeping it Real with Data
Jason Thompson, CEO of 33 Sticks, discusses fear, uncertainty and doubt (FUD) mongers in the data industry and how they take advantage of companies' lack of expertise around data.
