Dan Clay: Why you should bring your whole self to work
Dan Clay: Waarom je je authentieke zelf moet zijn op het werk
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.
is niet van zijn stuk te krijgen.
heb een antwoord klaar
always have an answer.
at a global creative consultancy.
wereldwijd creatief adviesbureau.
I couldn't help but wonder ...
vroeg ik me af...
is a little nontraditional,
wat onconventioneel is,
op kantoor laten zien?
bring to the office?
voor sommigen van ons?
one way to be a leader:
manier was om te leiden:
office drag to fit the role:
deed ik me op kantoor anders voor:
try to hold in my hand motions.
mijn handgebaren hield ik in.
really excited about things,
worden over zaken,
in my head, telling me,
dat tegen me zei:
too feminine, too flamboyant."
en te flamboyant."
adviser who said,
And that's great.
Fantastisch.
over the head with it."
mee om de oren te slaan."
tijdens Halloween 2016.
tv-personage, Carrie Bradshaw,
TV show character, Carrie Bradshaw,
dat tof zouden vinden.
would get a kick out of it.
and at first it was pure fun.
eerst was het alleen maar leuk.
messages from people
hoe blij het hen maakte,
to be their authentic selves.
hún authentieke zelf te zijn.
little voice in my head to just shut up
mijn hoofd het zwijgen opleggen
In the "New York Post", "US Weekly" --
In de 'New York Post', 'US Weekly' --
still respect me as a leader?
van mijn collega's?
get a different job.
baan zou moeten gaan zoeken.
something small.
it wasn't long, it just said,
met als enige woorden:
that had just gone up about me.
dat zojuist geplaatst was.
scared voice away
dat bange stemmetje wegstopte
about this whole new world,
over deze hele nieuwe wereld,
to make you feel comfortable.
om je comfortabel te voelen.
started acting differently.
zich anders gedragen.
more playful with me,
van mijn andere kant,
to be more of themselves as well.
meer van henzelf te laten zien.
my standing with my team.
zouden schaden.
part of me would not just be embraced,
niet alleen geaccepteerd zou worden,
creativiteit wordt gewaardeerd
in my career when all of this started.
in mijn carrière toen dit allemaal begon.
misschien ook niet.
of bringing your whole self to work.
te laten zien op je werk.
my own misperceptions
misvattingen blootgelegd
om een leider te zijn.
and finding ways to amplify them.
en manieren om deze te versterken.
I'd put on my perfect leader mask.
als een vergadering tegenzat.
"Gosh, that was frustrating."
"Goh, dat was frustrerend."
and struggles in an open way,
over uitdagingen en worstelingen,
that they're fine until it's too late.
tot het te laat is.
spent pretending,
die we verspillen aan doen alsof,
is that in this big study of covering,
dat als het gaat om jezelf anders voordoen
who say they're doing it
hier schuldig aan te zijn,
values inclusion.
waarde hecht aan inclusie.
and all of our strange inner voices
en de stemmetjes in ons hoofd
between adapting and disguising.
tussen aanpassing en vermomming.
as a call to be the ally
of your ethnic background,
op je etnische achtergrond,
or are deeply religious,
being your full self at work.
om jezelf te zijn op het werk.
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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