“Venting doesn’t extinguish the flame of anger. It feeds it.” - Adam Grant

Agree with Adam Grant’s position above?

How many of you use a good ol’ vent sesh to let off some steam about someone you’re working with?

There are many scenarios at work that can trigger that kind of frustration within you, scenarios like….

I was catching up with a good friend who works in a large tech scale-up. The organisation has been built by happenstance, piling on people after each funding round. Now that they are public, it’s a mess but can’t afford the optics of a complete restructure. So there you have it - a lot of folks with inflated titles trying to prove their worth on the daily.

As I wandered the streets of Amsterdam filling the time I had between meetings and wanting to enjoy the first day of spring, I was drawn into an unassuming book shop that I must have passed hundreds of times before. It was full of treasures and I could have spent the rest of the afternoon getting lost in all the jewels (books, zines, prints).

After having recently run several women's programs with female founders and executive leaders alike, I was struck by the amount of self-doubt there was in the respective rooms. Here you have A-players of their business/industry and they are constantly having to work against a loud voice of doubt.

How amazing was it to see legendary performers such as Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre, Eminem, 50 Cent and Mary J. Blige at the Super Bowl halftime show this year?

Well, it actually depends on who you ask.