Social Influence

Creative Career Map: How Students Can Navigate the Future of Work with Design Thinking

The average worker has about 12 different jobs over their lifetime, and that number is increasing. The self awareness to understand your...

Five Reflections From A Decade of Using Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn as a Professional

2012. That was the year I began to explore social media as a professional. I wish I could say it was curiosity. On the contrary. I was...

How the “Hello Monday” Podcast Gave Me The Confidence and Strategies to Resign from Apple

It’s Monday and my favorite way to start the week is with an episode of Hello Monday with Jessi Hempel from LinkedIn. This has been my...

How To Take the Leap: From Launching Your Business to Having Conversations That Matter

When it comes to taking uncomfortable action on matters that are important to us, from launching that side hustle into a full time...

How to Create an Avenue to Autonomy with Your Personal Brand

Why Now Is The Time To Develop Your Personal Brand It’s hard to believe that it’s 2021 and that creating a personal brand isn’t an...

Jeremy Austin and Angie Villa: Designing Your Career As A Content Creator

ARVE Error: need id and provider When I think of individuals who have leveraged technology to reinvent work, shape their destiny, create...

We > Me: Using Digital Empathy to Pivot in a Pandemic and Connect with Your Audience

For the past decade, Digital Futurist Brian Fanzo has been able to predict future trends with great accuracy. One of these trends we saw...

Press the Damn Button: Networking by Design

ARVE Error: need id and provider Too often we network by proximity. In this episode Brian Fanzo shares his mantra, “press the damn...

Find and Be Found: Advice for New Graduates in Times of Change

“Find and be found” This should be the mantra for every secondary and post secondary student in today’s world. Each week on the show I...

UC Irvine’s Vision for a Brilliant Future

“Vision is a fascinating concept. To a scientist it encapsulates a process that gives light, shape and color to the world around us. To a...

Two Timeless Skills Every Student Should be Practicing

‘You don’t learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing, and by falling over.’ –Richard Branson. In my last post I shared my...

Is College Worth It? What to Consider When Making Your Decision

It’s rare that we answer questions that others ask us with empathy – considering their needs, their motivations and their fears. We often...