A current employee sent me Kerri’s information, and as I glanced over her resume, I saw at once that she had a good background in editorial matters. Then, I noticed that she was had actually worked for the International Quidditch Association, the governing body for Muggle Quidditch. I knew I had to meet her at once.
When I met with Kerri, I was half expecting her to be focused on achieving great things in the narrow straits of the editorial world. (I know a bunch of single minded editors, and the world is a better place owing to their efforts!) Kerri, as I realized after a couple of minutes of meeting her, did not have an exclusively editorial focus. I could tell that Kerri was able to do almost anything involving communications. She was highly organized, getting most of her jobs by making connections, and remaining flexible and fluid, as her tasks demanded. She was very optimistic and upbeat, had a great energy, and she wanted to be put to work in a job that would challenge and inspire her—however, she was completely open to entering a business at any level, through any entry portal.
As we spoke I could see Kerri doing a multitude of things, in sequence or simultaneously. As a sample of what she could be doing, I could see her working directly with clients, I could see her project-managing the backend of a large campaign, and I could see her leading a brainstorm.
Kerri has a resolute drive to obtain her goals, and she is happy to start at any arbitrary position in a company because she is confident that she can do a brilliant job in the right setting, and that will facilitate her to rapidly advance her career. She has sense of ease about herself—a sense of ease that comes with a commitment to something larger than herself—a commitment to being excellent. She is that unusual sort of employee who sets higher standards for herself than her bosses set for her. She is at ease because, in a profound sense, she works for herself, and is not reluctantly meeting some mediocre minimal requirement of the organization in which she is incidentally working. Kerri’s working style and her innate ability will allow her to excel at any task, without making an obvious and begrudging effort. That should make her a pleasure to have around in anyone’s work-group.
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Augmenting the Intangible 