Dan Clay: Why you should bring your whole self to work
دان كلاي: لماذا عليك أن تكون على طبيعتك في العمل
By day, Dan Clay is a partner in at a brand and innovation consultancy. His more well-known persona is Carrie Dragshaw. Full bio
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decisive, unwavering.
always have an answer.
يجب أن تكون لديك إجابة.
at a global creative consultancy.
للخدمات الاستشارية
I couldn't help but wonder ...
لا امتلك إلا الشعور بالدهشة.
is a little nontraditional,
غير تقليدية قليلًا،
bring to the office?
من مسيرتي المهنية
one way to be a leader:
office drag to fit the role:
للمكتب لتناسب الدور:
try to hold in my hand motions.
وأحاول صنع حركات بيدي.
really excited about things,
in my head, telling me,
too feminine, too flamboyant."
أنثوي جدًا، مرح للغاية".
adviser who said,
And that's great.
over the head with it."
TV show character, Carrie Bradshaw,
في برنامج تلفزيوني، كاري برادشو،
would get a kick out of it.
and at first it was pure fun.
وفي البداية كان متعة خالصة.
messages from people
to be their authentic selves.
little voice in my head to just shut up
في رأسي على الصمت
In the "New York Post", "US Weekly" --
في "نيويورك بوست" و"يو اس ويكلي" -
still respect me as a leader?
get a different job.
something small.
it wasn't long, it just said,
that had just gone up about me.
scared voice away
ذاك الصوت المخيف الصغير
about this whole new world,
to make you feel comfortable.
حليف واحد لتشعر بالراحة.
started acting differently.
more playful with me,
to be more of themselves as well.
my standing with my team.
part of me would not just be embraced,
الجزء مني لن يكون مقبولًا فقط،
in my career when all of this started.
في حياتي المهنية عندما بدأ كل هذا.
of bringing your whole self to work.
my own misperceptions
and finding ways to amplify them.
وإيجاد طرق لتعزيزها.
I'd put on my perfect leader mask.
كنت أرتدي قناع القائد المثالي.
"Gosh, that was frustrating."
"يا إلهي، كان ذلك محبطًا".
and struggles in an open way,
والمشاكل بطريقة مفتوحة،
that they're fine until it's too late.
بأنهم بخير حتى يفوت الأوان.
spent pretending,
التي تُقضى في التظاهر،
is that in this big study of covering,
هو أنه في هذه الدراسة الكبيرة التي شملت
who say they're doing it
الذين يقولون أنهم يفعلون ذلك
values inclusion.
and all of our strange inner voices
وكل أصواتنا الداخلية الغريبة
between adapting and disguising.
as a call to be the ally
كنداء لأكون الحليف
of your ethnic background,
أو فخور بانتمائك العرقي،
or are deeply religious,
being your full self at work.
كونك تكون على طبيعتك في العمل.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Dan Clay - Writer, consultantBy day, Dan Clay is a partner in at a brand and innovation consultancy. His more well-known persona is Carrie Dragshaw.
Why you should listen
Dan Clay is a partner in strategy and innovation for Lippincott, an NYC-based consultancy. His expertise focuses on the strategic growth spaces that emerge from changing customer needs, expectations, fears and desires. In addition to advising financial services, health care and retail clients, Clay is a leading voice in Lippincott's intellectual capital and has authored several reports on how to build emotional bonds with the customer of the future. He graduated with an MBA from Wharton at the University of Pennsylvania and received his undergraduate degree in philosophy at Northwestern University.
Clay's more well-known persona is Carrie Dragshaw. What started as a simple Halloween costume turned into a viral fairy tale. Clay recreates classic Sex and the City looks and accompanies them with original "couldn't help but wonder" monologues. He's been featured in Cosmopolitan, L.A. Times, Us Weekly, the New York Post, BuzzFeed, Man Repeller, Huffington Post, Out, Refinery29, InStyle and more. Carrie Dragshaw has one simple mission: to create a little corner of the internet that is only positivity and love.
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