Emily Sokolow

@emsok

Fine artist, writer & communication strategist. Moved from tech to advertising to the woods. NYC ~ Israel ~ LA.

🔎Communication strategy (integrated - brand, digital, content, messaging, SEO)

🎨Oil painting, surrealism, portraiture

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It’s up to artists to use language to turn the sublimity of the mystery into nuggets that we can cognitively behold.

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artist inspiration

“You know yourself mostly by your thoughts.

Everyone else in the world knows you only by your actions.

James Clear • 3 Ideas, 2 Quotes, 1 Question (August 29, 2019) | James Clear

motivation

Alex Katz’s New Paintings in Venice Celebrate Grass, Water, and Clothes

Andy Battaglia artnews.com

artist inspiration

At age 96, Alex Katz is still expanding as an artist.

Feasibility Study for the Amsha Project

The document discusses the complexity of decision-making processes in relation to a specific issue, exploring feedback loops, actors, and impacts within a systemic perspective to address challenges effectively.

wiki.sheatufim.org.il

cross-cultural communication

Paper on systemic change in practice by Shitufim, an Israeli organization. Needs translation from Hebrew to English.

From Product/Market Fit to Language/Market Fit: A New Brand Storytelling Framework

Sari Azout sariazout.medium.com

brand storytelling

The importance of language in building a new product

“Ambient music must be able to accommodate many levels of listening attention without enforcing one in particular; it must be as ignorable as it is interesting.”

- Brian Eno

Drone music

björk said that trying to communicate through talking feels like trying to put the ocean through a straw

Things to come back to when I’m feeling meh and nonverbal communication

Collapse the talent stack every chance you get .

As I reflect on the teams I’ve led and hundreds of start-ups I’ve worked with, there is a consistent unfair competitive advantage i’ve witnessed when the talent stack was collapsed - when the lead designer was also the product leader, when the front-end engineer was also a designer, when the designer... See more

scott belsky • Tweet

org management

Why hiring flexible specialists unlocks growth opportunities

happiness less as a goal and more as a by-product of mastery and meaning.

Adam Grant • Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know

motivation