I have encountered many team-building and leadership exercises that aim to help people understand themselves and others better by categorizing people based on a set of behavioral or preference questions. People with a background in research and science understand that you can’t just make up a quiz and results based…

My last article on Changing the oppressive culture of sexism in Corporate America got some unexpected attention, and as such I want to explain a few things for those who may be new to thinking about sexism at work. Sexism is real. It’s happened to me, and it’s happened to…

I‘d like to make one thing unequivocally clear: sexism in the workplace is real, it’s still happening, and we have all probably perpetrated it or been complicit as it happens right under our noses. Maybe we don’t even realize what’s happening is sexism. Sexism in the workplace does not have…

It’s sometimes hard to know what you can and can’t do at work in terms of advocating for change, because the rules of normal human interaction don’t apply the same way. At least, where I work, we have a fairly staunch culture (especially for a startup) where people are expected…

I will be the first person to criticize social media for the ways in which it promotes narcissistic, self-aggrandizing behavior and only tells half the story of what is going on in a person’s life. Many people don’t post every single thing they think or do on social media (myself…

A few years ago, I worked in a place that always wanted their employees to be positive and happy. What this actually means is that they always wanted their employees to act positive and happy. It was a stereotypical Seattle startup with a trendy office space in a trendy neighborhood…

Uber has been in the news a lot in recent months, and much of is hasn’t been positive. So I thought I’d kick ’em when they’re down and add my two cents about something that currently isn’t getting much attention — the fact that drivers can rate passengers on the…

Are you self-aware? Do you think critically about and reflect on what happens around you, the actions you take/are asked of you, and why? Do you act ethically and stand up for what’s right, even when there’s a risk, or do you do what you’re told and not ask questions? …

http://thinkprogress.org/culture/2015/11/05/3719701/pretty-little-liars-socality-barbie-essena-oneill-and-being-real-on-instagram/ Ok, this article is complete garbage and I need to share my two cents on the internet. First, it pits two women against each other who are essentially promoting the same message. Cisneros does it in a satirical, clever way, and O’Neill does it by getting swept up in…