“I’ve lived all around the world. I see that I don’t have to make choices between where I want to be, the
network I want to have, the clients I want to serve. So having a global perspective and what I describe as my
glorious, messy international life, many others also have a gloriously messy international life.”
Saying Yes to Adventure – Aoifinn Devitt Read More »
“I had this weird hypothesis of what if we worked around people’s schedules and let them do the kind of work that they were excited to do instead of like, here’s your work and they’re just miserable in a cube somewhere. Could a firm with great technology, great education, provide great service while also providing a great place to work for the staff, the team to work at. And it just ate at me for years.”
A Culture Built to Prosper: Holly Breuer Read More »
“But sometimes when you prove yourself and people don’t see your value, you need to remove yourself, which is what I did. And was it hard? Yes. Was the pay cut difficult? Yes. That first year was challenging. But I knew where I wanted to go and I knew I wasn’t going to get there by staying.”
The Goal, The Grind, The Glory: Taryn Pulliam Read More »
“And I always say creativity dies in the courtroom, and I love creativity in cases. And I love people having the ability to have the power to decide what their parenting plan looks like, what their settlement’s going to look like. Judges don’t get that much say. They kind of have boxes they have to stay within.”
Sara Marler: Divorce with Dignity Read More »
“I got to a point in Frank’s office where I realized there was kind of a ceiling. People that I had come in after me, I was training, were now moving up. And my ego got to the best of me. This is the dream job. Like, what happens after Frank Gehry? What could possibly be next after that?”
Life After Your Dream Job – Tracy Collins Read More »
We’re catalysts for better conversation. And we know at Filament that the teams that we work with are not looking for the right answer, because there’s no such thing as the right answer. There is the next best answer to the questions that we’re asking.
Lauren Colbert: Helping Smart People Think Together Read More »
“Research actually shows when there’s this lack of trust in a relationship, this lack of connection, the same part of our brain that processes physical pain gets activated when there’s an emotional pain. Right? And so if I’m feeling rejected or I’m feeling like I’m not part of the team or I’m not valued in any way, that part of our brain activates and says, like, pain. And so if you think about it in that way, think about the number of people who are walking around your office every day in pain.”
Paya Sample – Leadership is Human Work Read More »
“Women in their 40s start to disappear from photographs because they think that they’re not young enough, thin enough, pretty enough. But the truth is that when you are in your 40s, you are leading a company, you’ve had children, you have a family, you’re doing things in your community. This is when you should be photographed.”
Stephanie Zettl: Living in the Pretty Light Read More »
“You have to be cautious and mindful of the board of directors you invite into your head. And we as women especially listen terribly to that board of directors. And if you have one bad seat on there, one bad teacher, one bad classmate, one whatever from your history that you are listening to, it can really sabotage you.”
Beth Gunter: Find Your People and Build Your Best Life Read More »
“You just have to do it, come back and face what is new and different and learn and grow. You can’t stop thinking. You have to keep thinking, how can I go forward with this. Nothing has to be the way it is. It isn’t going to be a straight line, it’s going to take its own path, and you have to be ready to follow that path and move forward.”
Sally Schwarz: Her Mom Said Go, And She Never Stopped Read More »
