Alana Karen
@alanakaren.bsky.social
Award-winning leader/speaker/author. Bay Area, CA, USA.
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please meet Alex the Great, a therapy bunny who works at the San Fran airport and now Giants games to help people who are overwhelmed
LOOK AT HIS TINY BALLCAP. LOOK AT IT.
LOOK AT HIS TINY BALLCAP. LOOK AT IT.
July 16, 2025 at 1:49 PM
please meet Alex the Great, a therapy bunny who works at the San Fran airport and now Giants games to help people who are overwhelmed
LOOK AT HIS TINY BALLCAP. LOOK AT IT.
LOOK AT HIS TINY BALLCAP. LOOK AT IT.
Re-share - are we ready for a little tech renaissance?
I recently started to pitch this editorial piece to news outlets, but with #google increasing its VEP offering and the additional #microsoft layoffs last week, I decided to accelerate sharing my… | Al...
I recently started to pitch this editorial piece to news outlets, but with #google increasing its VEP offering and the additional #microsoft layoffs last week, I decided to accelerate sharing my hopef...
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July 8, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Re-share - are we ready for a little tech renaissance?
I wrote about narcissists, sociopaths, & Machiavellians in the office, aka THE DARK TRIAD. I did not name that, but oooh I love it. Let's learn to recognize the pattern and do something about it. alanakaren.substack.com/p/truly-awfu...
Truly awful people
This is your trigger warning
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June 4, 2025 at 5:33 AM
I wrote about narcissists, sociopaths, & Machiavellians in the office, aka THE DARK TRIAD. I did not name that, but oooh I love it. Let's learn to recognize the pattern and do something about it. alanakaren.substack.com/p/truly-awfu...
Yep, had thoughts. open.substack.com/pub/alanakar...
I finally read Careless People
(that book Zuckerberg didn't want us to read)
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May 31, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Yep, had thoughts. open.substack.com/pub/alanakar...
Are you blocked at work by someone in particular? Take a look at my advice for dealing with the sub-optimal people in our workplace. You know I wanted to title this week's newsletter something else :)
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Dealing with sub-optimal individuals
Or less professional names.
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April 15, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Are you blocked at work by someone in particular? Take a look at my advice for dealing with the sub-optimal people in our workplace. You know I wanted to title this week's newsletter something else :)
open.substack.com/pub/alanakar...
open.substack.com/pub/alanakar...
Super teaser! Next Substack is up all about Vision. I assert there are 3 types. Wanna argue? Go check it out :)
Vision (but not that kind)
Believing in what we can't see
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March 25, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Super teaser! Next Substack is up all about Vision. I assert there are 3 types. Wanna argue? Go check it out :)
I'm diving into meatier issues over on my Substack: this week's delves into what we've gotten wrong about leadership, its duty to serve others, and what we can individually do about it. Take a 👀!
The problem with leaders
Welcome into my lair. It's pretty nice.
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March 18, 2025 at 4:46 PM
I'm diving into meatier issues over on my Substack: this week's delves into what we've gotten wrong about leadership, its duty to serve others, and what we can individually do about it. Take a 👀!
Douchetics - the pursuit of being the hugest douche.
March 2, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Douchetics - the pursuit of being the hugest douche.
It's about being able to systematically ignore merit for certain people.
NOTE: The opponents of DEI are purging anyone who is not a white man from military leadership
This is not about merit; it’s about normalizing racism and misogyny
This is not about merit; it’s about normalizing racism and misogyny
No More Female 4-Stars: Franchetti Firing Leaves Top Ranks Filled by Men
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth fired Adm. Lisa Franchetti, the Navy's first female chief, last week without any clear explanation -- part of a purge of top uniformed leadership that included the Joint...
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March 2, 2025 at 6:01 PM
It's about being able to systematically ignore merit for certain people.
For those of us watching Elon run our government, this is exactly how Tech companies work. EXCEPT they don’t have any of those pesky DEI-hires running around and secretly cleaning up messes, fixing data, keeping good people from quitting. Fascinating, isn’t?
#tech #government #elon #elonmusk #dei
#tech #government #elon #elonmusk #dei
February 20, 2025 at 9:05 PM
For those of us watching Elon run our government, this is exactly how Tech companies work. EXCEPT they don’t have any of those pesky DEI-hires running around and secretly cleaning up messes, fixing data, keeping good people from quitting. Fascinating, isn’t?
#tech #government #elon #elonmusk #dei
#tech #government #elon #elonmusk #dei
My latest newsletter wherein I describe my terrible marketing strategies and decide to continue the spicy rants because I have a lot of them. And people like my rants, 😎. #bookmarketing #opinions
Is there more to this?
Playing around in a truly clunky fashion
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February 18, 2025 at 4:36 PM
My latest newsletter wherein I describe my terrible marketing strategies and decide to continue the spicy rants because I have a lot of them. And people like my rants, 😎. #bookmarketing #opinions
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Companies committed to DEI:
Costco, Meijer, Kroger, Albertsons/Safeway, Giant Grocery, Ben & Jerry’s, Ulta, Macy’s, Old Navy, Nordstroms, TJ Maxx, GoTo Foods including Jamba, Cinnabon, Antie Anne’s, etc., Dollar Tree, Walgreens, Wegmans, Salesforce, and Goldman Sachs. 🥰💕
Costco, Meijer, Kroger, Albertsons/Safeway, Giant Grocery, Ben & Jerry’s, Ulta, Macy’s, Old Navy, Nordstroms, TJ Maxx, GoTo Foods including Jamba, Cinnabon, Antie Anne’s, etc., Dollar Tree, Walgreens, Wegmans, Salesforce, and Goldman Sachs. 🥰💕
February 10, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Companies committed to DEI:
Costco, Meijer, Kroger, Albertsons/Safeway, Giant Grocery, Ben & Jerry’s, Ulta, Macy’s, Old Navy, Nordstroms, TJ Maxx, GoTo Foods including Jamba, Cinnabon, Antie Anne’s, etc., Dollar Tree, Walgreens, Wegmans, Salesforce, and Goldman Sachs. 🥰💕
Costco, Meijer, Kroger, Albertsons/Safeway, Giant Grocery, Ben & Jerry’s, Ulta, Macy’s, Old Navy, Nordstroms, TJ Maxx, GoTo Foods including Jamba, Cinnabon, Antie Anne’s, etc., Dollar Tree, Walgreens, Wegmans, Salesforce, and Goldman Sachs. 🥰💕
Not sure what category to pick. Does this count as a natural disaster? Call your Congress members, all!
February 7, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Not sure what category to pick. Does this count as a natural disaster? Call your Congress members, all!
Yep
Convo with my friend from Hungary tonight who left after Orban’s election.
She said “your head will spin with all the wild stuff they try to pull, new things every day, but don’t take your eyes off the money. It’s all about the money, and what they’re stealing, and for whom.”
She said “your head will spin with all the wild stuff they try to pull, new things every day, but don’t take your eyes off the money. It’s all about the money, and what they’re stealing, and for whom.”
February 4, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Yep
On it. Moving business from Amazon and Target there.
Costco - the only company to publicly come out in support of Diversity initiatives despite pressure from the GOP and they just raised the pay for their workers. Stop shopping at Target.
Costco to raise hourly pay for most US store workers to over $30 www.reuters.com/business/ret...
Costco to raise hourly pay for most US store workers to over $30 www.reuters.com/business/ret...
Costco to raise hourly pay for most US store workers to over $30
Retailer Costco Wholesale will increase pay for most of its hourly U.S. store workers to more than $30, according to a memo sent to employees this week.
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February 1, 2025 at 2:49 AM
On it. Moving business from Amazon and Target there.
Writing satisfaction! I just finished my first new chapter for The Adventures of Women in Tech second edition. I have to edit, of course, but all 21 pages exist. A page turner about how Tech got so dang traditional. I can't wait to share it this Fall. Posting teasers on LinkedIn :)
January 29, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Writing satisfaction! I just finished my first new chapter for The Adventures of Women in Tech second edition. I have to edit, of course, but all 21 pages exist. A page turner about how Tech got so dang traditional. I can't wait to share it this Fall. Posting teasers on LinkedIn :)
Going to start posting here too in an effort to stop actively supporting bad people. Good times.
January 29, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Going to start posting here too in an effort to stop actively supporting bad people. Good times.