Fashion in the time of #metoo
My father manufactured western shirts (Tem-Tex, “Styled in the Heart of Texas”), so I grew up building structures with empty thread spools on the office floor, wandering around the clattering sewing machines that smelled of 3 in One Oil, loving the fabrics and their textures, reveling in the endless range of colors, trims, and patterns.…
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Tips for Getting From #MeToo & #TimesUp to Real Change The #MeToo and #TimesUp movements are much needed, but how can they lead to systemic lasting change? Here’s how to get there. This article is slightly edited from an interview I did with the Omega Institute. Omega: These past months have shown the power women…
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Warning: it gets messy What’s your relationship to power? “What is your relationship to power? On a scale of 1 to 10, with 1 being, ‘I don’t like the idea of power so I don’t seek it,’ 10 being, ‘I love having power,’ and the middle range being, ‘I’m not so comfortable with power, but…
Read More3 lessons (not about poker) from “Molly’s Game”
Molly Bloom has been keeping me awake at night. Not the Molly Bloom of James Joyce’s Ulysses.an equally outsized and out of the box character. I’m talking about the hard-driving, elite high stakes poker game running protagonist of the acclaimed new movie, Molly’s Game based on a true story. It could as easily have been…
Read MoreThe Sum – Word of the week is complicit
As in if you see something, not saying something As in actively or passively joining harmful acts As in dictionary.com’s word of the year. Despite the web-based dictionary’s attempt to lighten it up by spoofing that “covfeve” had been given the annual honor, the actual top word, complicit, hisses with disgust, epithet, curse. And yet it…
Read MoreWord of the week is Powertopia
As in sometimes you have to make up a new word to say what you mean. As in a world where power and leadership are shared equally by men and women. As in Take The Lead’s amazing performance event, “Powertopia: Women, Power, and the Art of Leadership” If you could take one day to change the world as we know…
Read MoreThe Sum – Meaning of the Week: Break
“The first responsibility of leadership is the creation of meaning.” Warren Bennis Welcome to The Sum, where I share my take on the meaning of sum of the week’s parts. I want your voice too. Leave comments here or @GloriaFeldt Word of the week is BREAK. As in groundbreaking ideas about sex and gender. As…
Read MoreThe Sum – Meaning of the Week: First
The word of the week is First. Word of the week is FIRST. As in the original. As in the first woman to break through. As in the inaugural — yes you guessed it — Take The Lead Day As the leaves morph from green to red and gold and the mornings turn chilly in Central Park, as New…
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The word of the week is JOIN. As in come together. As in take part. As in join me for Take The Lead Day. The first responsibility of leadership is the creation of meaning.” Warren Bennis Welcome to The Sum, where I share my take on the meaning of sum of the week’s parts. I want…
Read MoreThe Sum – Meaning of the Week: One
The first responsibility of leadership is the creation of meaning.” Warren Bennis The word of the week is one. As in one woman speaking her truth gives courage to others. As in the power of taking that one step that starts the march to progress. As in one woman’s story and then another and then…
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