Dan Clay: Why you should bring your whole self to work
Dan Clay: Porque é que devemos levar para o trabalho todo o nosso eu.
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.
decidido, inabalável.
always have an answer.
tenham sempre uma resposta.
at a global creative consultancy.
duma consultadoria criativa global.
I couldn't help but wonder ...
não pude deixar de pensar:
is a little nontraditional,
é pouco tradicional,
bring to the office?
para o escritório?
estará fora dos limites?
da minha carreira,
one way to be a leader:
uma forma de ser líder:
office drag to fit the role:
para me encaixar no papel:
try to hold in my hand motions.
tentava controlar o movimento das mãos.
really excited about things,
in my head, telling me,
too feminine, too flamboyant."
muito extravagante.”
adviser who said,
bem intencionado que disse:
And that's great.
E isso é ótimo."
over the head with it."
sempre a lembrar isso."
no Halloween, em 2016.
TV show character, Carrie Bradshaw,
de série preferida, Carrie Bradshaw,
would get a kick out of it.
iriam achar giro.
and at first it was pure fun.
e, no início, era pura diversão.
messages from people
incríveis de pessoas
to be their authentic selves.
a serem os seus autênticos eus.
little voice in my head to just shut up
para se calar
uma dimensão exagerada.
In the "New York Post", "US Weekly" --
no “New York Post”, no “US Weekly”
still respect me as a leader?
ainda me respeitariam?
get a different job.
outro emprego.
something small.
it wasn't long, it just said,
não era longa, dizia apenas:
that had just gone up about me.
que tinha acabado de sair sobre mim.
scared voice away
aquela vozinha assustada
about this whole new world,
com todo este novo mundo,
to make you feel comfortable.
para nos sentirmos confortáveis.
a agir de uma forma diferente.
started acting differently.
more playful with me,
mais brincalhões comigo,
esse meu outro lado,
to be more of themselves as well.
também eles, serem eles mesmos.
e a vulnerabilidade
my standing with my team.
na minha equipa.
part of me would not just be embraced,
não só seria aceite,
onde a criatividade é valorizada
in my career when all of this started.
na minha carreira
of bringing your whole self to work.
todo o nosso ser para o trabalho.
my own misperceptions
as minhas perceções erradas
and finding ways to amplify them.
e encontrar formas de as ampliar.
I'd put on my perfect leader mask.
do líder perfeito.
"Gosh, that was frustrating."
“Meu Deus, aquilo foi frustrante”.
and struggles in an open way,
e dificuldades de uma forma aberta,
that they're fine until it's too late.
que está bem até ser tarde demais.
spent pretending,
que queremos ser diferentes.
is that in this big study of covering,
de nos escondermos,
who say they're doing it
que estão a fazer isso
values inclusion.
valoriza a inclusão.
and all of our strange inner voices
os nossos locais de trabalho
vozes interiores
a percorrer até à aceitação.
between adapting and disguising.
entre adaptar e disfarçar.
as a call to be the ally
como um chamamento para ser o aliado
que é bom abrirem-se.
of your ethnic background,
da sua origem étnica,
or are deeply religious,
ou é profundamente religioso.
being your full self at work.
no trabalho.
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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