How to build a dream team
Oh, hi friends!
Who’s your dream collaborator? Do you have one?
I’ve worked solo for so long that this question stumped me at first. But then I thought…where can I improve? And who can teach me? Who can fill in my cavernous gaps of knowledge?
You, probably. And you over there.
If you’re having trouble deciding what to work on, think about who you want to work with. Aim high. That’ll give you another clue about where your own interests lie.
"Then, when you walk into the audition, you don’t question your worth. You’re not there to convince anybody. You’re there because you’re the answer to their problem and you know that. And their problem is casting the part. Now the problem with casting is that you never know what these people want. Most of the time, they don’t even know what they want. That’s another thing that I’ve learned. So perhaps they need you to show them."
—Betty Buckley
Know yourself and show yourself in every situation and you’ll be just fine. The rest of this interview with Ms. Buckley is gold, too.
Zen and the Art of Designing Start-Ups
That’s the kitchen at Headspace. Pretty nice, right? I interviewed workplace designer Kelly Robinson about creating spaces for SoundCloud, Airbnb, and a bunch of others. Her insights are invaluable for people who works in offices or at home—she made me rethink my whole desk-slash-dining table situation. Read my story.
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Love, Kara