Kontrary by Rebecca Thorman - Tech, Media and Life » Leadership http://kontrary.com Kontrary provides a different take on tech, media and life by Rebecca Thorman. Sat, 21 Jan 2012 19:41:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 The Young, Motivated & Unsatisfied http://kontrary.com/2010/06/03/the-young-motivated-unsatisfied/ http://kontrary.com/2010/06/03/the-young-motivated-unsatisfied/#comments Thu, 03 Jun 2010 07:35:22 +0000 Rebecca Thorman http://kontrary.com/?p=1751 I recently met a young woman who wanted to start a blog from a teacher’s perspective that revealed a teacher’s real and true thoughts. Like how bratty the kids are. How she cusses at them in her head and makes fun of how they dress.

She wasn’t alone; a whole group of her teacher friends were planning to anonymously co-author the ven Read more ...]]> http://kontrary.com/2010/06/03/the-young-motivated-unsatisfied/feed/ 22 No-nonsense advice from Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz http://kontrary.com/2009/10/21/no-nonsense-advice-from-yahoo-ceo-carol-bartz/ http://kontrary.com/2009/10/21/no-nonsense-advice-from-yahoo-ceo-carol-bartz/#comments Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:18:52 +0000 Rebecca Thorman http://kontrary.com/2009/10/21/no-nonsense-advice-from-yahoo-ceo-carol-bartz/

Ever since Carol Bartz became CEO of Yahoo, I’ve been watching her closely. I love that she’s a woman leading a tech company, I love that sh Read more ...]]> http://kontrary.com/2009/10/21/no-nonsense-advice-from-yahoo-ceo-carol-bartz/feed/ 0 Career women should try harder – especially in the Midwest http://kontrary.com/2009/10/06/career-women-should-try-harder-%e2%80%93-especially-in-the-midwest/ http://kontrary.com/2009/10/06/career-women-should-try-harder-%e2%80%93-especially-in-the-midwest/#comments Tue, 06 Oct 2009 04:02:26 +0000 Rebecca Thorman http://kontrary.com/2009/10/06/career-women-should-try-harder-%e2%80%93-especially-in-the-midwest/ Ryan and I recently celebrated one year of dating officially. What makes this more impressive is that we’re both extremely career-oriented. Even more extraordinary is the fact Read more ...]]> http://kontrary.com/2009/10/06/career-women-should-try-harder-%e2%80%93-especially-in-the-midwest/feed/ 47 Become an expert quickly http://kontrary.com/2009/09/22/become-an-expert-quickly/ http://kontrary.com/2009/09/22/become-an-expert-quickly/#comments Tue, 22 Sep 2009 04:46:16 +0000 Rebecca Thorman http://kontrary.com/2009/09/22/become-an-expert-quickly/ There are two ways to approach life. Read about it. Or live it.

I read a lot. I like to synthesize information together, saturate my brain synapses, make connections, and curate the exact pieces that will fit my life. Knowledge is my thing.

Read more ...]]> http://kontrary.com/2009/09/22/become-an-expert-quickly/feed/ 22 Get a raise in the recession http://kontrary.com/2009/09/14/get-a-raise-in-the-recession/ http://kontrary.com/2009/09/14/get-a-raise-in-the-recession/#comments Mon, 14 Sep 2009 02:16:29 +0000 Rebecca Thorman http://kontrary.com/2009/09/14/get-a-raise-in-the-recession/ People are afraid of asking for a raise now more than ever. In fact, the recession is providing a good excuse for employees to not ask for more money, and for companies not to give any. But high performers can and should be compensated.

To get a raise, you first ne Read more ...]]> http://kontrary.com/2009/09/14/get-a-raise-in-the-recession/feed/ 18 Is Gen Y teamwork killing creativity? http://kontrary.com/2009/06/09/is-gen-y-teamwork-killing-creativity/ http://kontrary.com/2009/06/09/is-gen-y-teamwork-killing-creativity/#comments Tue, 09 Jun 2009 08:12:19 +0000 Rebecca Thorman http://kontrary.com/2009/06/09/is-gen-y-teamwork-killing-creativity/ Generation Y is a kind generation. Our conservative lifestyles and penchants for quiet opinions have led us to work together happily with healthy doses of idealism. We are a teamwork ge Read more ...]]> http://kontrary.com/2009/06/09/is-gen-y-teamwork-killing-creativity/feed/ 30 How to step up and have anything but a normal career http://kontrary.com/2008/05/05/how-to-step-up-and-have-anything-but-a-normal-career/ http://kontrary.com/2008/05/05/how-to-step-up-and-have-anything-but-a-normal-career/#comments Mon, 05 May 2008 01:37:46 +0000 Rebecca Thorman http://kontrary.com/2008/05/05/how-to-step-up-and-have-anything-but-a-normal-career/ You know, I get that change is hard. But it’s also inevitable. The world in which today’s young “will make choices and compose lives is one of disruption rather than certainty,” argues this report.

Indeed, when I started Read more ...]]> http://kontrary.com/2008/05/05/how-to-step-up-and-have-anything-but-a-normal-career/feed/ 37 The most important thing for a decision in politics http://kontrary.com/2008/02/05/the-most-important-skill-for-politics-business/ http://kontrary.com/2008/02/05/the-most-important-skill-for-politics-business/#comments Tue, 05 Feb 2008 11:55:55 +0000 Rebecca Thorman http://kontrary.com/2008/02/05/the-most-important-skill-for-politics-business/ Today, I wore a sweatshirt at the same table as someone wearing a suit. Today, I had lunch with someone who I like. He’s intelligent, successful, good-looking. Today, I had lunch with someone who listens to my ideas, and doesn’t agree with me all that much. I Read more ...]]> http://kontrary.com/2008/02/05/the-most-important-skill-for-politics-business/feed/ 26 Generation Y is too quiet, too conservative http://kontrary.com/2008/01/16/generation-y-is-too-quiet-too-conservative/ http://kontrary.com/2008/01/16/generation-y-is-too-quiet-too-conservative/#comments Wed, 16 Jan 2008 07:44:36 +0000 Rebecca Thorman http://kontrary.com/2008/01/16/generation-y-is-too-quiet-too-conservative/ I was sitting in a classroom. The walls were covered in plaster and moldings, but behind all that was red brick, so red that the color seeped through the cracks of the old windows, and the sun, and the light, and the energy filled the almost summer air.

It was a time when I was – more or less – happy, and we were seated, twent Read more ...]]> http://kontrary.com/2008/01/16/generation-y-is-too-quiet-too-conservative/feed/ 82 Social media doesn’t create new generation leaders http://kontrary.com/2007/12/28/social-media-doesnt-create-new-generation-leaders/ http://kontrary.com/2007/12/28/social-media-doesnt-create-new-generation-leaders/#comments Fri, 28 Dec 2007 09:34:54 +0000 Rebecca Thorman http://kontrary.com/2007/12/28/social-media-doesnt-create-new-generation-leaders/ This post was originally published at Conversation Agent. Thank you to Valeria Maltoni for the opportunity.

We have a deep desire to feel that rise in our chests, the quickening of our breath, the spread of a smile.

Generation Y wa Read more ...]]> http://kontrary.com/2007/12/28/social-media-doesnt-create-new-generation-leaders/feed/ 30