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@npmichael @kpottermn It was the gleeful smugness that really got me. Nothing like watching a burly white man unmask with a ‘what-are-you-gonna-do-about-it-make-me’ expression in the face of a too-kind flight attendant just trying to do their job - to make my stomach turn…

@PerpetuallyKate That is bonkers. Wow, imagine being on that FA crew. @kpottermn

I’m currently on @Delta flight 2555 to Detroit. People started boarding without masks. Apparently a baby judge in Florida overturned the @TSA mask mandate and it hit the news about 25 minutes ago.

This country is wild. Nobody here gives a sh*t about their neighbor - or workers, I guess.

So now half of the flight who is complying with @delta’s stated policy are masked - and we, including the poor, exposed flight attendants - are on a flight with a bunch of unmasked, coughing, celebrating patriots and a smug pilot safe in his cockpit. Great. Awesome.

@larsleafblad @MSPBJnews @blacktechtalent @MattSwenson @Schornack @cmduffy What a cool group! I’m so excited to be included, thrilled for the chance to high-five a few good friends and even more psyched make friends out of the honorees I haven’t yet met!

Congrats to 2022 @MSPBJnews #40under40 announced today incl/ @PerpetuallyKate @blacktechtalent @MattSwenson @Schornack & @cmduffy --> bizjournals.com/twincities/new…

PSA: We're going for between 30-60% effort back at work today. All with tea and a cozy blanket.

@nausheena I want!

I really ❤ this so much.

Ending 2021 pretty unceremoniously, with four kids at home, because - hi! - we're still in a pandemic. Pray for me to be asleep by nine!

@istiaqmian What do you do differently knowing this contrast?

@nausheena Oh. Tied for cringey: I was telling my team that there were typos on a slide. This was while that slide was being presented to a client. Yikes.

@PerpetuallyKate Lol 😆 what did you say? I wrote "our bylaws say no men on the board, haha" while presenting to a bunch of white men board members. Oops.

I accidentally sent a zoom chat to EVERYONE. 🙊🙈🙉

@larsleafblad @ImagineDeliver Cannot wait for next time, sir. Fun times in the Northeast metro!

So grateful to catch up with friend, neighbor and fellow entrepreneur @PerpetuallyKate this morning. Learn more about Kate and her strategy firm @ImagineDeliver here --> imaginedeliver.com/who-we-are

'What is the most post-apocalyptic thing you've ever done?' for 100. 'That time when I took my children to a gutted department store and lined up with thousands of other parents for inoculation against a deadly virus.' And I would do it again.

Every time I get a Microsoft Teams invite, I die a little inside. Seriously, why is anyone still using that in year 2 of a pandemic?

@larsleafblad @DianaKHawley I got advocate - even though I really really tried to answer questions that would get me a different answer!

I love personality/strengths/self-discovery type tests. Just took new one at Sparketype.com via invite from @DianaKHawley. My results below. What are yours?!? Free assessment here ---> sparketype.com/sparketest/

@smburns I agree that liberal arts degrees are good for the collective. I just don't think liberal arts degrees are a practical investment for the individual (i.e. anyone who doesn't have a family safety net).

I’ll go to my grave thinking a 4-year liberal arts degree is a good investment for most people and is generally good for society.

Every time I go to an event like parents' night at school with all these other old parents, I feel so adult. It's so dissonant.

@larsleafblad You can send them my way any time, friend! Our team is frequently hiring + we're lucky to be building a new way of working together that values people, rest, creativity + excellence. We've found ourselves in a position where we are lucky recipients of the great resignation.

In the nearly 15 yrs I've worked in executive search I've never had so many leaders share with me that they are in the midst of intense self-reflection relative to their career path and its alignment or incongruence with their values. It's a generational mid-career crisis (1/)