You contain multitudes: on choosing to do more than one thing
A rather personal post on doing many things
I’ve increased my presence on LinkedIn, and the one thing I struggle with is the idea of having one, and only one story. Why would you want to settle on only one thing? Where does innovation come from if you are only part of one bubble? Isn’t the beauty of a Venn Diagram to creatively combine more than one reality?
Yes, I love doing operations, specifically product operations. And I do this in a fractional capacity whenever needed.
Yes, I am the Empress of Remote, a dinosaur from the olden days when remote meant async and flexibility, who adapted to reality through creating new frameworks like the Dimensions of Distributed Work.
Yes, I designed a relationship renewal card game so annual relationship re-negotiation would be more fun. Apparently, the fact that I DO annual relationship re-negotiations is noteworthy ;)
Yes, I am the acting Head of Product for ethixly, a performance management audit tool that helps you understand whether your KPIs actually work.
Yes, I run a remote leadership accelerator, currently experimenting with combining it with meetup planning (though I might decouple the options in the future).
Yes, I am researching how the quality of your legal support system (a.k.a asesoría / gestoría in Spain) impacts your experience of being an independent professional in Spain - so I can maybe create my own solution.
And yes, I am the owner of a women-only Barcelona-based polyamory discussion group, because I believe that women need to talk more, share more, and collaborate more if we want to change the world for the better.
I also watch too many videos about bouldering, running, and white wine. And I help my twins with doing those weird assignments they bring back from school, like “invent something” (currently working on an insect trap luring in all those bugs with my favourite mango perfume. Sigh.)
How do I wrap all this into a clean one-liner? And does it matter?
101 things you didn’t know about me
The most sticky page on my website is the list of 101 things you probably didn’t know about me. It’s personal. It’s marginally work-related. It gives you context. And most importantly, it gives you an excuse to reach out so we can have a conversation that’s less transactional and more transformative.
So maybe that’s the real lesson here: stop trying to be one-dimensional. Embrace the whimsy, accept the chaos. And yes, reach out and tell me what’s on your mind map ;)