#14 - Shanley Knox: bringing in those who don't belong, dealing with unwieldy moments, and the audacious hope of building something new

MAR 16, 202173 MIN
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#14 - Shanley Knox: bringing in those who don't belong, dealing with unwieldy moments, and the audacious hope of building something new

MAR 16, 202173 MIN

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<p>Shanley Knox is a brand strategist and social entrepreneur based in New York.</p> <p>In this conversation, we get into dismantling a business on the cusp on success, a dangerous bias around meaningful work, the audacious hope of building something new, and why a set of traffic lights in Downtown Manhattan changed just about everything…</p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>Show Notes</strong></p> <p>08:00 A tipping point to dismantle a company</p> <p>12:00 Returning to Africa</p> <p>21:00 Recognizing real problems as a founder</p> <p>28:00 The feeling of belonging and not belonging</p> <p>32:00 The photographer as observer</p> <p>41:00 Stakeholders that strategists don’t always notice</p> <p>52:00 The audacious hope of building a thing</p> <p>59:00 What happens when you freeze in the face of possibility</p> <p>66:00 Cultural bias around meaningful work</p>