
In the Cut
LEADERSHIP BLOG
An intro from Sheila.

Oakland’s Micro Market. You must go!
I saw my good friend Lisha Bell last week in Oakland, California. This was some time well spent catching up with an influencer, truth teller, entrepreneur, angel investor, and game-changer who is never without a smile and glint in her eyes.

At Such a Time as This
At such a time as this, there is no movie, play, book, article, or lyric more important to EACH of us and ALL of us than Origin.


Thank You, Richard Chacon
It’s Thankful Thursday and today I’m shouting out a longtime colleague, partner, collaborator, and client of both of my companies. Meet Richard Chacon, who retired this month after a decades-long career of significant impact in supplier diversity and community development. He’s a dean in supplier diversity who has led organizations to great change and commitment to businesses led by entrepreneurs representing ALL disadvantaged and marginalized groups across the country.

Thankful Thursday: The Gift of Time
It’s Thankful Thursday and today’s gratitude goes to the gift of time to do whatever I want, whenever I want. One thing I learned during my extended summer break was that I could actually negotiate time.