Cake on Tuesday - Elizabeth Bieniek

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Résumé :
Cake on Tuesday is a profound exploration of leadership, innovation, and personal growth. Drawing from her experience developing Webex Hologram, Elizabeth Bieniek explores the intricacies of innovation and leadership, offering valuable insights for aspiring innovators. Bieniek advocates for the power of disagreement, emphasizing the need for diverse perspectives to foster innovation. She covers topics such as the importance of going outside one's comfort zone and seeking inspiration beyond familiar boundaries. Bieniek encourages readers to embrace curiosity, ask questions, and engage with diverse perspectives to fuel innovation. She reflects on her childhood mantra of go outside as a metaphor for venturing beyond conventional thinking. Bieniek also writes about how finding an angel in the marble signifies identifying unconventional opportunities and technologies that can disrupt existing norms. Bieniek shares her journey of exploring augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR) and its profound impact on remote collaboration. She emphasizes the need to be eccentric and genuine in pursuing one's vision and encourages intrapreneurs like herself to continuously adapt and empower their teams. Cake on Tuesday has five main parts, each addressing a crucial aspect of Bieniek's innovative journey. In the first part, Starting is Hard, Bieniek emphasizes the importance of being disagreeable, going outside one's comfort zone, finding uniqueness, and embracing simplicity. She advocates for having a plan while remaining open to change. Moving into Set Your Idea in Motion, the second part, Bieniek delves into the significance of audience awareness, minimizing obstacles, and the necessity of strategic hiring. She encourages adaptability, interpretation, and meticulous planning in leadership and operations. The third part, Add Oil and Reduce Friction, explores creating a decisive culture, understanding momentum, empowering teams, and effective communication. Bieniek emphasizes celebrating achievements and the role of leaders as coaches rather than obstacles. Leading Through the Barren Middle, the fourth part, discusses persistence, decision-making in challenging phases, and the importance of shielding and protecting the team. Bieniek advises against complacency, highlighting the need to understand why strategies work and to protect the organizational culture. The final part, Insights from the Rearview Mirror, reflects on facing rejection, finding mentors, maintaining self-preservation, playing the long game, and deriving value from every experience. Bieniek concludes by highlighting the significance of gratitude, the joy of problem-solving, and embracing the unknown. Throughout Cake on Tuesday, Bieniek shares a series of personal anecdotes, practical tips, and a blend of philosophy and real-world experiences to create a comprehensive guide for leaders and innovators that helps them unlock the secrets to innovation....

Biographie:
ELIZABETH BIENIEK is a keynote speaker, best-selling author, and consultant focused on good peopling as the secret to exceptional execution. A startup co-founder with Fortune 100 leadership pedigree in innovation, engineering, and operations, her expertise lies in challenging assumptions, embracing diverse perspectives, and leading through ambiguity to build empowered, resilient teams that last. Named to Toptal's 10 most influential Female Pioneers in Technology, she has spoken at MIT's esteemed EmTech NEXT conference on the future of technology, London's Chatham House think tank on the future of work and been featured for her leadership and innovation prowess in Forbes, Inc. Magazine, Tech Times, Women in Business, and International Business Times....

Sommaire:
Foreword
Introduction

Part 1: Starting is Hard
Be Disagreeable
Go Outside
Find Your Angel in the Marble
Keep It Simple
Always Have a Plan and Always Be Willing to Change It

Part 2: Set Your Idea in Motion
Nobody Cares Until You Make Them
Rigorously Vet Your People
Define Your Process and Your Culture
No Detail is Too Mundane

Part 3: Add Oil and Reduce Friction
Don't Be a Flat Squirrel
Empowered Teams Power Through
Say It Once, Say It Twice, Say It Again
So You've Said It Thrice
Have Cake on Tuesday
Get Out of the Way!

Part 4: Leading Through the Barren Middle
Never Stop Never Stopping
Be an Umbrella and a Shield
Don't get Lazy
Be Careful Who You Listen to
Some You Have to Be Your Own Cheerleader

Part 5: Insights from the Rearview Mirror
Sometimes the Best Thing You Can Hear is No
Find Your Huckleberry
Protect Yourself
Always Play the Long Game
All Experiences Are Useful If You Learn from Them...