Liz Welsh 🌊

Systems + people strategy & ops
Native Bostonian, Philadelphia flaneuse
Habits/brains, tech, food, style, self-care/"wellness"
She/her/hers

[Liz Welsh 🌊 @askmakethink]

How do we make the most of our handful of hours of deeply productive brain time? https://t.co/yDjhZ1HUO8

[Liz Welsh 🌊 @askmakethink]

Elon Musk is finding out the hard way
when he didn’t found the company
when the employees didn’t come because they want to work for him
he can’t lead by proclamation
and he has no other tools in his toolkit.
Thank you and best wishes to you, Twitter, as…https://t.co/ZSpUyowQZ9

[Liz Welsh 🌊 @askmakethink]

Sing 2: Because there aren’t enough kids’ movies about intellectual property rights.

[Liz Welsh 🌊 @askmakethink]

“Scrolling through ‘quiet quitting’ videos feels a little like watching TikTokers read my union contract as if it’s a magical text offering the key to happiness.”
https://t.co/Aov1FpBXRx

[Liz Welsh 🌊 @askmakethink]

When we go back to the office we’re not allowed to ask others whether they’re Covid vaccinated. There’s no rule about volunteering my ownstatus, though https://t.co/5cHHJ8Vqzl

[Liz Welsh 🌊 @askmakethink]

“Cognitive dissonance is a name for an observed pattern, not a law of the universe. And knowing how to spot it lets you interrupt that pattern.” https://t.co/4BVRM0yowQ

[Liz Welsh 🌊 @askmakethink]

I have a theory that people use the word “weird” to describe anything that makes them uncomfortable when they don’t know or don’t want to figure out WHY it makes them uncomfortable

[Liz Welsh 🌊 @askmakethink]

Break up silos by delegating decisions to team members at every level. Trust their judgment and that they’ll follow through. And hold them accountable to do so.

[Liz Welsh 🌊 @askmakethink]

WFH means “casual Fridays” are no longer a thing. So I like to do “fun background Fridays” where I’ll pick a pretty or silly image for my video meetings.

[Liz Welsh 🌊 @askmakethink]

“The most powerful tool of the truly ambitious is that they harbor no qualms about voicing or pursuing what they want.”

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[Liz Welsh 🌊 @askmakethink]

“Do they talk to each other while we’re warming up? Are they goofing in the chat? Are their cameras generally on or off, and how long do they wait to answer a question?”
https://t.co/zEwYPMK6DW

[Liz Welsh 🌊 @askmakethink]

“the stock market [is] …such a blunt, bad instrument for thinking about the health and future of a company. It’s like a toddler that you point in a direction and it keeps going until it falls.”

https://t.co/zFleIrOYNQ

[Liz Welsh 🌊 @askmakethink]

“Our country took 400 years to get here… We’re not going to fix things in the next four weeks.”
https://t.co/ihYsFiobOP

[Liz Welsh 🌊 @askmakethink]

“I’m not going to sit here and say, ‘I want to win an Oscar one day.’ For me, that’s not necessarily a goal. That’s a by-product of working on a project you’re really proud of. …Now I just want new adventures, constant challenge, and growth.”
https://t.co/o7gHk5jUpb

[Liz Welsh 🌊 @askmakethink]

“The pandemic has also shown a lot of employers and employees that big changes to the way we work are possible... a job doesn’t need to be a rigid, all-consuming grind that crowds out everything else in life.”
https://t.co/OqdIemAfup

[Liz Welsh 🌊 @askmakethink]

“I don’t feel burnt out. If I’m tired, I go to sleep. If I need to take a vacation, I take one.”

https://t.co/KCO8TArEjY

[Liz Welsh 🌊 @askmakethink]

RIP. The Boston works of art - machines - works of art! - play a key role in many happy childhood memories. It’s not often that possibility is demonstrated so clearly in front of you.
https://t.co/6Ivapzku9G

[Liz Welsh 🌊 @askmakethink]

The SHEIN deep-dive I needed. Thank you @terrygtnguyen
Still unsure of the pronunciation though. I’m 80/20 “she-in” vs “shine”
https://t.co/gWPpPz9JEt

[Liz Welsh 🌊 @askmakethink]

“one of the things that happened during the pandemic is that we needed to modulate and adjust our level of intimacy with face-to-face and being either seen way more than we were used to, or way less than we’re used to. Conversations went that way, too.”
https://t.co/l0rVqqqK0T

[Stephan Matanovic @MatanovicLaw]

This mysterious flamingo appeared tonight in the window across the street. What does it mean? How long will it be here? Photo by @askmakethink