Using Intention to Overcome Intimidation in the Board Room Forbes, Amy Blankson December 6, 2017 Robin Chase is a self-proclaimed transportation entrepreneur and activist. She co-founded both Zipcar, which became the largest car-sharing company in the world, and Veniam, a network company that mobilizes vehicle data. Although Robin’s experience in tech is vast, admittedly, her transition…
Why Women Shouldn’t Have to Justify a Seat at the Table Forbes, Amy Blankson December 3, 2017 Having grown up in Ghana, Abena had always envisioned the ways that African countries could leverage the digital revolution to solve key challenges such as poverty and access to education and healthcare. She saw technology as a key in…
What We Can Learn From Dubai About Overcoming Gender Discrimination In The Field Of Technology Forbes, Amy Blankson November 26, 2017 Dr. Aisha Bin Bishr grew up curious. She couldn’t help but wonder what went on behind the closed doors of the men’s majlis, where women were not permitted. Her father, a prominent figure in Sharjah,…
Understanding the Deeper Stories of Women Execs in Tech Forbes, Amy Blankson November 21, 2017 Three months ago, ex-Google employee James Damore published his highly criticized manifesto about why women are not biologically fit for tech roles. In doing so, he unintentionally did women a favor. He created a lightning rod that has brought unprecedented attention to…
The 5 Step Digital Declutter: How to Regain Control of Your Life by Dealing with Your Tech Graveyard Thrive Global, Amy Blankson June 12, 2017 You are having a great day — productive yet carefree, until you open your desk drawer to put something away and glimpse what appears to be a nest of black snakes interwoven…
How Setting Digital Boundaries Can Help Women Succeed Forbes, Amy Blankson May 15 2017 A few weeks ago, I was chatting with a group of female executives about the modern challenges of finding work-life balance in the digital era. As I shared statistics about how the average smart phone user today checks their phone 150…
The 3 Reasons Why You Should Be Playing Pokémon Go Over the past three weeks, you’ve undoubtedly heard the buzz about Pokémon Go, the augmented reality game that has inspired over 75 million people to hit the streets in search of imaginary friends, cute little monsters called Pokémon that you need to catch and…
Spotlight: The Spire Stone Science is now connecting our external and internal worlds in ways we couldn’t do or even understand 100 years ago. We have evolved from using kitschy mood rings and carnival mood meters to having real tech to understand what’s going on inside our bodies on an intellectual, emotional, and even molecular…
Back to the Future…of Happiness Recently, my husband and I decided to show our three daughters (ages 9, 6, and 3) the classic movie Back to the Future. Of course, my kids were immediately enthralled, but my youngest had a few key questions like, Mommy, what is the future? And what is the present?…
In the weeks following the Sandy Hook tragedy, the lead stories on the news have been truly heart wrenching. Sometimes I find I can’t bear to read or watch another story, and other times I simply can’t look away. As a parent of three girls, I desperately want to shelter my children from the negative…