Daniel Kelly II

Mar 31, 2023 | newthinking.com | David Callaway |Daniel Kelly II |Simon Vaarning

Work culture matters. Not news, right? But work culture really matters in tech. Changes in the industry are reflecting that. Now we don’t just have HR Managers, we have Chief Happiness Officers and Chief of Staff and People and Culture Managers.  There are ample articles out there talking about how Silicon Valley ruined work culture for everyone and, especially in light of recent news of tech giants making layoffs, there’s understandably a lot of negative chat.

Feb 23, 2023 | newthinking.com | Daniel Kelly II |Zachary Bernstein |Mark Conrad

Nothing can prepare you for an unexpected death in the family. Life is already unpredictable enough that it doesn’t need a tragedy to teach us that. Yet the sudden passing of basketball superstar Kobe Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter Gianna in a helicopter crash on January 26, 2020, sent shockwaves not only through the basketball community, but the world as a whole. I remember exactly where I was when I first heard the news of Kobe’s death.