I learned quite a bit about efficiency, management and teamwork from my first job. For my first article for Entrepreneur, I attempted to capture some of my key takeaways from my time as a hostess and waitress when I was a teenager. I was able to reconnect with the owners and managers of The Crab […]
Restaurant Life: 6 Lessons Learned
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Data-Driven Productivity
For this contributed piece for Fortune, I was asked to tackle the subject of productivity. How do leaders remain focused on productivity? “In its purest definition, productivity means that value is being created. It shouldn’t be confused with measuring the amount of work that has been completed. The more senior an employee or executive becomes, […]
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Advice to My 22 Year Old Self
Truth be told, I don’t often think about the early days of my career. When Fortune asked what advice I’d give my younger self, I looked my daughter, who is in her first year at the University of Alabama. I thought about the tough transition from college into my first job. I learned theory in […]
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New Year’s Resolutions Won’t Make You More Successful
It’s that time of year again–year-in-reviews and predictions are flooding my Twitter (TWTR -1.64%) feed. While the New Year is a good time for executives to pause and reflect on the previous year’s successes and missed opportunities, it should also mark the time that leaders are focused on the coming year’s goals and milestones. Business milestones are one thing; resolutions are […]
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The Chaos of Creation
I was mesmerized by last night’s Grease: Live! on Fox. The direction, the cast (and their performances) and the production went far beyond any live television show we’ve seen to-date. Could this be the renaissance of live TV, a one-hit wonder or just another Sunday night? And what, if anything does this teach us about […]
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How Profit Drives Tech Events to Ignore Under-represented Voices
If attendees are really only there to schmooze, why should content planners care who’s on stage for the Mobile ROI Track in the Eagle’s Crest room at the Radisson? The other day a former source of mine I was chatting with on Twitter said he wondered why a certain person ended up on a panel […]
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The Credentialed Podcast: How to Stop Machines from Lying with Allison Clift-Jennings, CEO of Filament
When I first spoke with Allison Clift-Jennings, it didn’t take long to realize that her story was special. Not only does she have fascinating things to say about “trusting machines,” Allison has a unique personal story that deserves to be heard. Clift-Jennings is CEO of Filament, a firm that modernizes industrial equipment. Based in Reno, […]
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Fundraising While Transitioning: Part II with Allison Clift-Jennings on The Credentialed Podcast
Today’s episode of The Credentialed podcast is a continuation of our talk with Allison Clift-Jennings, CEO of Filament, who joined us recently to discuss how her company modernizes machines to give them “a little bit of a brain.” When we left off, we were pondering the concept of applying value exchange to equipment –things like […]
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Always Be Connecting: The Credentialed with Jonathan Stephen
Creating great technologies requires not just great programmers, software and hardware developers and product designers, but people who help turn those devices, bots, websites, software and apps into something people understand and use. That’s a specialty of Jonathan Stephen, Ecommerce Manager at Norwegian Cruise Line and a veteran in the mobile space. He knows a […]
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The Entrepreneurial Bug: Mobile and Media Dynamo Heidi Lehmann on The Credentialed
Have you heard The Credentialed podcast yet? A couple months since launching, we’ve built up an impressive array of guests in tech and innovation from diverse backgrounds – people who don’t fit the mold when we think of the stereotypical “tech exec.” In short, this is not your everyday tech podcast. Our guest on this […]
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Hustle and Immigrant DNA: Clara de Soto on The Credentialed
When Clara de Soto’s first app company, Killswitch, was shut down by Facebook after going viral in 110 countries, it was a “really big blow,” but she didn’t take it sitting down. She and her colleagues got to work. “We had to put on our hustle pants…and we networked our butts off until we got […]
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Fearless Blockchain Expert Portia Burton on The Credentialed
“Blockchain can be like the anti-Google or the anti-Facebook,” said our guest on the most recent episode of The Credentialed, Portia Burton. Why? Well, for one thing, blockchain does not hoard data the way those digital behemoths do. Burton is a blockchain expert and developer who joined the show recently to explain (in everyday language) […]
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Your Brand Can Sponsor an Emerging Forum for Diverse Voices of Tech
The tech world is cluttered with homogenized voices. Yet, as industry leaders declare commitments to diversity and tech inclusion, there’s still a whole lotta talk and little action. The Credentialed Podcast was launched in October 2017 to take action on that promise. The Credentialed Podcast, an interview series amplifying the diverse voices of technology and […]
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This Silicon Valley Inventor and CEO Is Bringing Safe Water to the People Who Need it Most
When we think of Silicon Valley tech startups, we often think of gadgets, software, computers, pixels and bots. But on the latest episode of The Credentialed Podcast, we’re getting down to basics. We’re talking about clean, safe water and a simple innovation that’s designed to make it more plentiful, accessible and affordable across the globe. […]
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Digital Exposure with Pam Dixon on The Credentialed
This is the last generation in the U.S. who will have what Pam Dixon, this week’s guest on The Credentialed, calls “privacy by obscurity.” Founder and executive director of World Privacy Forum, Dixon believes there is a short window of time left during which any of us living here in the United States, not to […]
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It’s The Credentialed Tenth Episode-i-versary!
We laughed! We cried! We learned about blockchain! Yes, indeed, we’ve come a long way in just ten episodes here at The Credentialed, the show that amplifies the diverse voices of tech and innovation. That’s right, we’ve got ten episodes under our belts, and that’s a good a reason as any to take a step […]
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The Scientific Future of Sustainable Food with Jasmin Hume
You’ve probably seen Just’s vegan mayo on grocery store shelves, or maybe you’ve had their plant-based cookie dough concoction as a late night snack. Perhaps you’ve seen the open letters the company’s CEO Josh Tetrick has splashed across full page ads in the New York Times — like the one he addressed to presidential candidates […]
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Biometric Data Diversity and the Miami Tech Difference with Brian Brackeen of Kairos
We’ve been hearing more and more about facial recognition and biometric identification technology lately, and this week’s guest on The Credentialed is on the cutting edge of this emerging realm. Brian Brackeen is CEO and founder of Kairos, a six-year-old facial recognition and “human analytics” firm based in Miami which serves clients such as Disney […]
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The Power of Open Information with Veda Hlubinka-Cook of Factful
“Openness is a counterweight to the secrecy that powerful people use to subjugate us…. We have to pool our resources together, get the right team and go after it.” Veda Hlubinka-Cook does not mince words. An early pioneer of digital information infrastructure and trans technologist, Hlubinka-Cook co-founded Metaweb, a firm that developed an open, shared […]
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Restaurant Life: 6 Lessons Learned
I learned quite a bit about efficiency, management and teamwork from my first job. For my first article for Entrepreneur, I attempted to capture some of my key takeaways from my time as a hostess and waitress when I was a teenager. I was able to reconnect with the owners and managers of The Crab […]
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