Katelyn Jacquay Daniel hosted our September meeting of NextGen Digest at the The Greater Fort Wayne Chamber of Commerce. Katelyn was asked to present on her moving from an intern to a full time staff member over the last year. Inspired by a work of nonfiction given to her by former English teacher upon her High School graduation, Katelyn led us through a discussion of, The Big Moo.
- The Big Moo: Click to place a copy on hold from ACPL
Our conversation moved in many directions following Katelyn’s highlights from The Big Moo, edited by Seth Godin with 33 of the world’s remarkable business leaders contributing. The overriding idea behind the book is summed in the tag line, “Stop Trying to Be Perfect and Start Being Remarkable.”
Some of the lessons learned included time management and how easily we can get caught up responding to emergency situations without spending time strategizing for our missions. This thought resonated with the group and we talked about the balance of answering to the demands of email and little “fires” versus creative thinking, planning and essential networking time.
With chapters like, “How to be a Failure” and “Are you always running out of time?,” The Big Moo aims to keep readers entertained while sparking deep thinking about routine, habits and what we take for granted in our work lives.
Following our conversation, a small group of professionals carried on networking and sharing ideas, while the rest of us toured the Chamber. The Greater Fort Wayne Chamber of Commerce is housed in a beautiful facility, rich in history and our tour guide provided much to think about the evolution of the concept of the Chamber in our community as relates to Women’s history, in particular.
