Today’s guest is Pam Slim – an award-winning author, speaker and business consultant who has a passion for career and organizational development. She spent the first 10 years in business as a consultant to large companies such as Hewlett-Packard, Charles Schwab and Cisco Systems, where she worked with thousands of executives, managers, and employees.
In the last 11 years, she helped hundreds of people to start and grow successful businesses. Through her online presence at Escape from Cubicle Nation, Pam developed and taught business building courses for thousands of entrepreneurs. In August, 2016, Pam opened K’é, a place to grow small business in downtown Mesa, Arizona.
Pam has written two books, Escape from Cubicle Nation and Body of Work: Finding the Thread That Ties Your Story Together. When you pick up Body of Work, you immediately notice the endorsements from some of the leading thinkers in business today: Brené Brown, Daniel Pink, Nancy Duarte and Seth Godin.
In our conversation, Pam covers a wide range of topics, including the value of being uncomfortable, the power of fear, the importance of thinking about your legacy, and how developing connectional intelligence can benefit both you and your business.
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d.school: Institute of Design at Stanford