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Posts by Alana Karen

A very large roly-poly light brown bunny rabbit wearing a tiny SF Giants ballcap is cuddled by a man wearing a Giants jersey.

A very large roly-poly light brown bunny rabbit wearing a tiny SF Giants ballcap is cuddled by a man wearing a Giants jersey.

please meet Alex the Great, a therapy bunny who works at the San Fran airport and now Giants games to help people who are overwhelmed

LOOK AT HIS TINY BALLCAP. LOOK AT IT.

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I recently started to pitch this editorial piece to news outlets, but with #google increasing its VEP offering and the additional #microsoft layoffs last week, I decided to accelerate sharing my… | Al... I recently started to pitch this editorial piece to news outlets, but with #google increasing its VEP offering and the additional #microsoft layoffs last week, I decided to accelerate sharing my hopef...

Re-share - are we ready for a little tech renaissance?

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Been waiting all season for this!

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Truly awful people This is your trigger warning

I wrote about narcissists, sociopaths, & Machiavellians in the office, aka THE DARK TRIAD. I did not name that, but oooh I love it. Let's learn to recognize the pattern and do something about it. alanakaren.substack.com/p/truly-awfu...

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I finally read Careless People (that book Zuckerberg didn't want us to read)

Yep, had thoughts. open.substack.com/pub/alanakar...

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Dealing with sub-optimal individuals Or less professional names.

Are you blocked at work by someone in particular? Take a look at my advice for dealing with the sub-optimal people in our workplace. You know I wanted to title this week's newsletter something else :)
open.substack.com/pub/alanakar...

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Vision (but not that kind) Believing in what we can't see

Super teaser! Next Substack is up all about Vision. I assert there are 3 types. Wanna argue? Go check it out :)

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The problem with leaders Welcome into my lair. It's pretty nice.

I'm diving into meatier issues over on my Substack: this week's delves into what we've gotten wrong about leadership, its duty to serve others, and what we can individually do about it. Take a 👀!

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Douchetics - the pursuit of being the hugest douche.

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It's about being able to systematically ignore merit for certain people.

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That tracks.

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For those of us watching Elon run our government, this is exactly how Tech companies work. EXCEPT they don’t have any of those pesky DEI-hires running around and secretly cleaning up messes, fixing data, keeping good people from quitting. Fascinating, isn’t?

#tech #government #elon #elonmusk #dei

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Is there more to this? Playing around in a truly clunky fashion

My latest newsletter wherein I describe my terrible marketing strategies and decide to continue the spicy rants because I have a lot of them. And people like my rants, 😎. #bookmarketing #opinions

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Companies committed to DEI:

Costco, Meijer, Kroger, Albertsons/Safeway, Giant Grocery, Ben & Jerry’s, Ulta, Macy’s, Old Navy, Nordstroms, TJ Maxx, GoTo Foods including Jamba, Cinnabon, Antie Anne’s, etc., Dollar Tree, Walgreens, Wegmans, Salesforce, and Goldman Sachs. 🥰💕

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Not sure what category to pick. Does this count as a natural disaster? Call your Congress members, all!

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Yep

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On it. Moving business from Amazon and Target there.

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Migraines too. It's the swelling I think.

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Writing satisfaction! I just finished my first new chapter for The Adventures of Women in Tech second edition. I have to edit, of course, but all 21 pages exist. A page turner about how Tech got so dang traditional. I can't wait to share it this Fall. Posting teasers on LinkedIn :)

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Going to start posting here too in an effort to stop actively supporting bad people. Good times.

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