Transcending Our Tribe

Transcending Our Tribe Whitney Hess whitney@whitneyhess.com http://whitneyhess.com @whitneyhess ❦

ﬔe Truth About Me Whitney Hess ❦ @whitneyhess

I’m amazed at the position I ﬁnd myself in today Whitney Hess ❦ @whitneyhess

IA Summit ’09: My ﬁrst public solo presentation IA Summit ’08: My ﬁrst IA Summit Whitney Hess ❦ @whitneyhess

IA Summit Closing Plenaries: 2005 - Andrew Dillon 2006 - Peter Merholz 2007 - Rashmi Sinha 2008 - Andrew Hinton 2009 - Jesse James Garrett 2010 - Whitney Hess Whitney Hess ❦ @whitneyhess

IA Summit Closing Plenaries: 2005 - Andrew Dillon 2006 - Peter Merholz 2007 - Rashmi Sinha 2008 - Andrew Hinton 2009 - Jesse James Garrett 2010 - Whitney Hess WTF! Whitney Hess ❦ @whitneyhess

I don’t need you to tell me how green I am Whitney Hess ❦ @whitneyhess

Synchronicity brought me here Whitney Hess ❦ @whitneyhess

Who I Am Who I Want to Be { My pursuit of happiness Whitney Hess ❦ @whitneyhess

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ﬔe Tribe Whitney Hess ❦ @whitneyhess

You are not alone Whitney Hess ❦ @whitneyhess

Egos: few Whitney Hess ❦ @whitneyhess

“If I have seen further it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants.” – Isaac Newton Whitney Hess ❦ @whitneyhess

Who is your mentor? Who calls you their mentor? Whitney Hess ❦ @whitneyhess

“Knowing where one belongs can transform an ordinary person – hardworking and competent but otherwise mediocre – into an outstanding performer.” – Peter F. Drucker Whitney Hess ❦ @whitneyhess

Love Whitney Hess ❦ @whitneyhess

Do what you love in the service of people who love what you do Whitney Hess ❦ @whitneyhess

Is this your job or your passion? Whitney Hess ❦ @whitneyhess

Why do you care? Why are you here? Whitney Hess ❦ @whitneyhess

Work vs. Life’s work Whitney Hess ❦ @whitneyhess

ﬔis isn’t a job, it’s a calling Whitney Hess ❦ @whitneyhess

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Our Common Mission Whitney Hess ❦ @whitneyhess

We help people enhance their own lives Whitney Hess ❦ @whitneyhess

ﬔe Butterﬂy Eﬀect Whitney Hess ❦ @whitneyhess

We want to change the world Whitney Hess ❦ @whitneyhess

If you wanna be somebody, if you wanna go somewhere, you better wake up and pay attention – Sister Act 2 Whitney Hess ❦ @whitneyhess

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Wake-Up Call Whitney Hess ❦ @whitneyhess

It’s not about you (or us) Whitney Hess ❦ @whitneyhess

We design systems that enable more successful behaviors, but we don’t make them. Whitney Hess ❦ @whitneyhess

“Like so many brilliant people, [we] believe that ideas move mountains. But bulldozers move mountains – ideas show where the bulldozers should go.” – Hugh MacLeod Whitney Hess ❦ @whitneyhess

It’s time to focus our energy outside of the UX tribe, to become recognized leaders to makers & management Whitney Hess ❦ @whitneyhess

How do we gain inﬂuence? Over our companies, colleagues and clients Whitney Hess ❦ @whitneyhess

“ﬔe price of greatness is responsibility.” – Winston Churchill Whitney Hess ❦ @whitneyhess

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What’s Holding Us Back? Whitney Hess ❦ @whitneyhess

We heroize the tools Whitney Hess ❦ @whitneyhess

A fancy tool is just a pillar to hide behind Whitney Hess ❦ @whitneyhess

We limit ourselves Whitney Hess ❦ @whitneyhess

We accommodate out of guilt. We attack out of anger. We avoid out of fear. – William Ury Whitney Hess ❦ @whitneyhess

We’re afraid to be wrong Whitney Hess ❦ @whitneyhess

You screw up every day and everyone already knows it. But do you admit it? Whitney Hess ❦ @whitneyhess

Celebrate Fear Whitney Hess ❦ @whitneyhess

Fear is growth Whitney Hess ❦ @whitneyhess

Love hurts Whitney Hess ❦ @whitneyhess

Live in pursuit of the OSM (Oh Shit Moment) Whitney Hess ❦ @whitneyhess

Fail magniﬁcently (Love demands that you do) Whitney Hess ❦ @whitneyhess

“Not doing it – when you know full well you had the opportunity – that hurts far more than any failure.” – Hugh MacLeod Whitney Hess ❦ @whitneyhess

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Perfection ≠ Credibility Whitney Hess ❦ @whitneyhess

ﬔis is my biggest OSM Whitney Hess ❦ @whitneyhess

Promote Inclusion Whitney Hess ❦ @whitneyhess

Recognize the destructive impact of your words Whitney Hess ❦ @whitneyhess

“If you try to dominate people, you are already defeated.” – Terry Dobson, master of Aikido Whitney Hess ❦ @whitneyhess

Be assertive without being aggressive Whitney Hess ❦ @whitneyhess

“Your intellectual arrogance is causing disabling ignorance.” – Peter F. Drucker Whitney Hess ❦ @whitneyhess

All human beings have a basic need to be recognized Whitney Hess ❦ @whitneyhess

We Need To Lead Whitney Hess ❦ @whitneyhess

Chutzpah (a.k.a. audacity) Whitney Hess ❦ @whitneyhess

Conviction Whitney Hess ❦ @whitneyhess

Adaptability Whitney Hess ❦ @whitneyhess

Act As If Whitney Hess ❦ @whitneyhess

True leaders inspire others to lead Whitney Hess ❦ @whitneyhess

Our Legacy Whitney Hess ❦ @whitneyhess

Some say they have 20 years’ experience, when all they really have is one year’s experience, repeated 20 times. Whitney Hess ❦ @whitneyhess

Can your company succeed without you? Whitney Hess ❦ @whitneyhess

Can your company succeed without you? (No? Are you proud of that?) Whitney Hess ❦ @whitneyhess

What is our legacy? (Is it outside this room?) Whitney Hess ❦ @whitneyhess

Let’s not be a footnote in a technology textbook Whitney Hess ❦ @whitneyhess

Our legacy rests on all of our shoulders Whitney Hess ❦ @whitneyhess

ﬔank you. Whitney Hess whitney@whitneyhess.com http://whitneyhess.com @whitneyhess ❦ ﬔe Radical Leap by Steve Farber ﬔe Radical Edge by Steve Farber ﬔe Power of a Positive No by William Ury Ignore Everybody by Hugh MacLeod Managing Oneself by Peter F. Drucker

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