Dan Clay: Why you should bring your whole self to work
Dan Clay: Perché dovresti essere completamente te stesso a lavoro
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.
deciso e incrollabile.
abbi sempre una risposta.
always have an answer.
at a global creative consultancy.
di consulenza creativa globale.
I couldn't help but wonder ...
non potevo fare a meno di immaginare...
is a little nontraditional,
non è del tutto tradizionale,
bring to the office?
per alcuni di noi?
solo un modo di essere leader:
one way to be a leader:
office drag to fit the role:
un travestimento da ufficio:
try to hold in my hand motions.
cercando di non gesticolare.
really excited about things,
per qualsiasi cosa,
in my head, telling me,
too feminine, too flamboyant."
troppo appariscente."
adviser who said,
mi disse con buone intenzioni:
And that's great.
E va benissimo.
over the head with it."
in faccia in continuazione."
il mio personaggio televisivo preferito,
TV show character, Carrie Bradshaw,
sarebbe piaciuto molto.
would get a kick out of it.
e all'inizio era puro divertimento.
and at first it was pure fun.
messages from people
da gente che diceva
to be their authentic selves.
little voice in my head to just shut up
di zittire quella vocina nella mia testa
In the "New York Post", "US Weekly" --
sul New York Post, su US Weekly,
still respect me as a leader?
get a different job.
something small.
it wasn't long, it just said,
non molto lungo, diceva:
that had just gone up about me.
appena pubblicato su di me.
scared voice away
quella vocina impaurita
about this whole new world,
to make you feel comfortable.
è il sostegno di un alleato.
si comportavano diversamente.
started acting differently.
more playful with me,
più aperti, più scherzosi,
to be more of themselves as well.
di essere più se stessi.
e la vulnerabilità
my standing with my team.
nella squadra.
che questa parte di me venisse accettata,
part of me would not just be embraced,
la mia carriera.
in cui la creatività è stimata
in my career when all of this started.
prima che tutto ciò accadesse.
of bringing your whole self to work.
completamente se stessi al lavoro.
my own misperceptions
persino i miei preconcetti
and finding ways to amplify them.
di forza e usarli a proprio vantaggio.
I'd put on my perfect leader mask.
mi mettevo la maschera da leader perfetto.
"Gosh, that was frustrating."
"Caspita com'era snervante."
and struggles in an open way,
e dei problemi apertamente,
that they're fine until it's too late.
fino a che è troppo tardi.
spent pretending,
a fingere, sperando di essere diverso.
is that in this big study of covering,
sul nascondere la propria identità
who say they're doing it
values inclusion.
che la propria azienda sia inclusiva.
and all of our strange inner voices
e quelle strane voci nelle nostre teste
between adapting and disguising.
tra adeguarsi e camuffarsi.
as a call to be the ally
come un annuncio per essere quell'alleato
of your ethnic background,
or are deeply religious,
o sei particolarmente religioso,
being your full self at work.
completamente se stessi a lavoro.
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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