Ellen Donnelly
@ellendonnelly
Ellen Donnelly
I believe that the time for being identified by—and tied to—corporate jobs is passing, and it’s time to transition to what comes next
What I'm Doing and How It's Going
With billions of people using the major social platforms, and the people who remember a pre-social-media web increasing in age while decreasing as cultural force on the internet, we’re rapidly losing fluency in what the internet could look like. We’ve almost forgotten that links are powerful, and that restraining links through artificial scarcity i... See more
Anil Dash • “Link in Bio” Is a Slow Knife
Strangely enough, if you want to make something that will appeal to future generations, one way to do it is to try to appeal to past generations.
Paul Graham • Taste for Makers
People would pay thousands of dollars to be a fly on the wall in some of Amy Buechler’s conversations. As a licensed psychotherapist and the first (and only) in-house founder coach at famed startup accelerator Y Combinator (YC), Buechler has mentored countless of its batches, the cohorts of startup founders who made it past YC’s razor-thin
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Gena Gorlin • Startup Lessons From Y Combinator’s Most Sought-after Executive Coach
In the end, coaching is not about fixing anything. It is about witnessing and aiding people’s efforts to mature so they are more capable and willing to do the work that is in front of them personally, relationally, and/or professionally.
David B Drake • Narrative Coaching: The Definitive Guide to Bringing New Stories to Life
Coaches are trained to listen, to observe and to customize their approach to individual client needs. They seek to elicit solutions and strategies from the client; they believe the client is naturally creative and resourceful. The coach’s job is to provide support to enhance the skills, resources, and creativity that the client already has.
David Rock, Linda J. Page • Coaching With the Brain in Mind
Coaching is, by definition, the process of partnering with clients in a powerful, thought-provoking way that brings creativity, insight, and personal development to the client through the discovery, design and follow through on thoughts, beliefs and actions uncovered by the client. While the coach is there to inspire the client through this process
... See moreKassandra Vaughn • The Ultimate Guide to Coaching Questions: 200 Questions You Can Ask Clients About Life, Career or Business
Consumer demand for smaller scale and human-crafted versions of everything will grow in an AI world. While the future of work might lend itself to small business creation, let’s ****not forget the demand side of the equation. We are going to crave artisanal and story-driven sources and experiences. Why? As every big company floods the zone of our a... See more
Scott Belsky • The Era of Scaling Without Growing & the Meaning Economy
Consumer demand for smaller scale and human-crafted versions of everything will grow in an AI world. While the future of work might lend itself to small business creation, let’s ****not forget the demand side of the equation. We are going to crave artisanal and story-driven sources and experiences. Why? As every big company floods the zone of our a... See more