startups Archives - Sian A. Morson

Charting my path to designing diversity

Sian — Sun, 30 Oct 2016 04:58:48 +0000

A Creative at Heart I am not your traditional designer. I do push pixels but I came to it later in life. I was always creative with words and pictures. It was my way of expressing myself. But, when I entered the world of technology as a project manager I was led to believe that my role and main contribution lie solely in creation of schedules and budgets. The minutia of the project. Important for […]

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4 Networking tips for Introverts

Sian — Thu, 06 Oct 2016 00:50:17 +0000

In the Bay Area, it often feels like a slog to see and been. In a conversation this past weekend, I mentioned that to my colleague Wayne Sutton, that it was my goal to attend more events. To be seen more. But, I also acknowledged that I struggle with engaging people in groups, sometimes. We were talking about my upcoming book Designing Diversity and how this is a need to share your ideas with your peers. I explained […]

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5 Things to learn from failure

Sian — Wed, 11 May 2016 15:46:11 +0000

No one tells you how to have the hard conversation and how to make the difficult decisions. As far as I know, there are no listicles on the 5 things to do when you can’t sleep and the client calls and your stomach sinks. Or when your deadlines slip with no chance of recovery. Here’s a story. The project started in May after being delayed in the design phase but I was sure, after a 2 […]

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