Natalie Audelo
@natalieaudelo
yes person for all things community, connection, & storytelling
Natalie Audelo
There are no certainties in life, in pregnancy, in parenting, or in advice columns, dear Mama-To-Be. There’s seldom a way to know which direction, which choice, which yes or which no will be the right one, but there’s always a way to do the best you can with generosity and loving kindness. And more than anything, that’s what I hope you and your... See more
Dear Sugar Letter #39
Organizations that share their “flight plans” with employees reduce uncertainty about where they are headed and why. Ongoing communication is key: A 2015 study of 2.5 million manager-led teams in 195 countries found that workforce engagement improved when supervisors had some form of daily communication with direct reports.
Paul J. Zak • The Neuroscience of Trust
Robin Williams as Santa Claus. December, 1979.
Robin Williams sat down with McCall’s magazine for their December 1979 issue to reminisce about his childhood, his career, and the magic of Christmas.
He believed in Santa Claus until he was nine, the year he discovered his father was the one... See more
instagram.comThe community opportunity often lies in creating an experience that has nothing to do with your topic (ie. a hiking trip for accountants). Our default is to do something focused on the topic like a “talk” or “course” or “discussion group” but sometimes, just having them do something fun together is much more effective. The goal is to get your... See more
David Spinks • The Annual Life Review
It is very tempting to believe that because you are twenty-something and struggling, the world is conspiring against you. But sometimes, the pain we feel in life is not from people holding us back, but our own inability to deal with their indifference.3 In other words: no one is out to get you. They just don’t care that much. This is both a little... See more
It is you against yourself
Good taste isn’t restrictive. It’s expansive. It allows you to contain multitudes without becoming incongruent.
Taste Is the New Intelligence
I carry around the ghosts of fascinating ideas that don’t have a home yet... and so they float around me, demanding to be processed.
Jasmine Bina • Five Ideas That Won't Leave Me Alone
The strategist of the future isn’t going to be a deck-maker who hands off to creative. They’re going to be embedded, fluid, multi-faceted – part strategist, part creative, part cultural translator, part systems thinker.
Zoe Scaman • Let It Burn
But the real root of the problem is something much deeper than cost-cutting exercises, maximizing shareholder value, and a general loss of craft and bold originality. Somewhere along the way, we lost respect for each other. We’ve broken our social contract, forgotten our manners, ignored the golden rule. The producers have lost respect for the... See more