Bethany Crystal
The Importance of That "I'm Not Alone" Feeling in Building Networks
The power of empathy in the wild world of startupsEach year, we conduct an all-network survey to help us understand more about the people...
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I write about community, the future of work, and leadership. Below are some of my favorite pieces I've researched recently. You can also subscribe to my blog.
A three-party series on why fractional work is the foundation for the next era of knowledge workers -- and how to decouple the 9-5 job.
As a web3 founder, what do you need to know about integrating community into your project? A profile of 12 crypto-native networks.
So you landed a final job interview. How to make sure you don't blow your big moment with bad questions.
With so many venture firms implementing strategies to build out their portfolio communities, the only question is - does it work?
Bethany Crystal
- Aug 28, 2019
- 3 min
Sometimes it's OK to yell
I’m normally not the kind of person who yells a lot. I don’t tend to get mad in fights, so much as I get exasperated. I never have those...
Bethany Crystal
- Aug 8, 2019
- 3 min
Our Bias Toward Big Events
Our Bias Toward Big Events I think humans naturally harbor a bias toward big-group events for a few reasons: We jump to that natural...
Bethany Crystal
- Aug 2, 2019
- 1 min
Collecting Stories on Your Travels
Break the script. Shift your viewpoint. Look for their inner nerd. The third rule is the one I come back to most regularly in my head....
Bethany Crystal
- Jun 19, 2019
- 5 min
Cranberry Juice & Saltines: A Menu for Post-Surgical Autonomy
First Time AroundI’ll admit it: For my initial surgery five years ago, I went in to the operation totally naive. I falsely assumed that,...
Bethany Crystal
- May 27, 2019
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Bethany Crystal
- May 21, 2019
- 5 min
The Role of the Peanut Gallery in a Boardroom
Stop me if that sounds familiar: You’re in a meeting at work listening to a colleague present an idea. In the middle of their pitch, they...
Bethany Crystal
- May 19, 2019
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Bethany Crystal
- Apr 30, 2019
- 5 min
Coffee Chat: How do you start a community?
How do you start a community? Wow, is that's a loaded and complicated question. While it's true that my job today is literally build upon...
Bethany Crystal
- Apr 1, 2019
- 3 min
A Modest Proposal: 10 Ways to Incentivize New Yorker to Give Up their Plastic Bags
banning all plastic bags from being distributed in our city, I panicked. Then I counted my stockpile. I have exactly 25 plastic bags at...
Bethany Crystal
- Mar 29, 2019
- 5 min
How to [Unexpectedly] Frame Your Day
An adaptive social experiment I started off lugging my frame around much like you might maneuver a suitcase through Manhattan --...
Bethany Crystal
- Mar 19, 2019
- 4 min
Dangerous Liaisons: The Fallacy of the Modern-Day Coffee
Whoa! Talk about forward! Am I a terrible person if I say no? Damn it, I’ve already let her guilt me into saying yes. Hang on -- do I...
Bethany Crystal
- Mar 11, 2019
- 4 min
Take back the night: Are we retreating away from tech to smaller social circles?
A seven-person "Death Over Dinner" discussion group (complete with pre-requisite reading assignments and a discussion list) A cell-phone...
Bethany Crystal
- Mar 8, 2019
- 6 min
Ladies: Let's aim to be a little mediocre
This year, on International Women’s Day, Reshma Saujani, CEO and founder of Girls Who Code, shared an interesting charge for women around...
Bethany Crystal
- Mar 7, 2019
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Bethany Crystal
- Feb 28, 2019
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Bethany Crystal
- Feb 26, 2019
- 2 min
Honoring the work of departing employees
How you say goodbye Transitions are impossibly hard. Senior level role transitions, even more so. But they happen all the time. In an...
Bethany Crystal
- Feb 24, 2019
- 2 min
Why I love making plans (as a couple)
Imagination -- To consider new possibilities and stretch your those fantastical thinking muscles we so rarely use ("Can you imagine what...
Bethany Crystal
- Feb 21, 2019
- 3 min
Unlocking "talent fluidity" in the tech ecosystem
Former colleagues in high places There's a nice feeling of "greatness by association" you get when you hear about a prior colleague doing...
Bethany Crystal
- Feb 17, 2019
- 5 min
Losing your voice at the most inconvenient times
Chapter House Rules It was the week of sorority recruitment my senior year in college. This is always the "all hands on deck" time for...
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