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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There are about 4,000 weeks in a lifetime. It’s a lot easier to make time for things you love when you view the world in weeks, rather than years.

Krista Tippett • Oliver Burkeman – Time Management for Mortals

how to create a meaningful life and motivation

How to think in writing

Henrik Karlsson open.substack.com

motivation and artist inspiration

Why write

“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

one of the most important and subtle questions in science is problem selection. How do you choose what to work on? No one tells you what to do. And you do have to answer this question multiple times. With a company, in some sense, you have to decide it once, and then it's an iterative process from there. Whereas in science, you're frequently... See more

critical thinking and sharpening the blade

Problem selection and how to think, referencing “Apprentice to Genius”

on perfectionism

In the era of web apps and “product led growth,” the marketing page IS the product’s first mile experience IS the core value and end-to-end experience .

Scott Belsky • Collapsing the Talent Stack, Persona-Led Growth & Designing Organizations for the Future Collapsing the Talent Stack, Persona-Led Growth & Designing Organizations for the Future

brand storytelling

A good reminder

Tom Morton on LinkedIn: I feel like we're in a Cambrian Explosion of new businesses founded by… | 73 comments

linkedin.com

Things to come back to when I’m feeling meh

Future of work for strategists

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

"Collaborate Together" - A New Way for Arab and Jewish Youth Collaboration in Mixed Cities throughout Israel

The report details the positive impact of the "Collaborate Together" project, fostering Arab-Jewish youth relations in mixed cities in Israel post-2021 social unrest through meaningful interactions and mutual understanding.

files.webversion.net

cross-cultural communication