From Step ZERO
We all have to start somewhere!
Welcome welcome welcome! To "From Step Zero"!
I'm Ash Rhodes. Thank you SO much for joining me. It has been a busy week, so let's jump right in, shall we?
I find beginnings to be extremely auspicious and this is no exception. I have never written on Substack before, and the last time that I consistently wrote opinion pieces for public consumption was . . . wow . . . about 7 years ago! That's a hot minute, isn't it?
That doesn't mean that I have stopped having them, or that I have stopped writing. Only that I haven't been sharing them with the public at large. I have mostly figured that there were plenty of voices out there clamoring for attention, and did the world really need another one?
"Yes, self," which is what I call myself when I'm feeling particularly introspective, "The world DOES need to hear your voice."
And let me tell you why.
Recently, some discussions that I've participated in have lead me to the realization that if you don't speak up and add your voice to the positions that you support, you may be (inaccurately) thought to not care. Or, worse yet, thought to support a different position. Your passions or positions or JOB may lose out simply by default!
Let me explicitly say that I realize how easy it would be to think that I am making a case for political involvement here. I hear it! Allow me to say that I’m explicitly not making any political statements here. However, I am also NOT making a case against your own political involvement . . . It’s the exact same principle! Make your voice heard or else you won’t be counted.
But in all seriousness, I am and will be very much talking about what I'm an expert in.
Remote work.
Customer Experiences.
Leadership at scale.
All the things that you're going to be reading about here, and more!
So in short, I am here to make some cases to you, Oh Reader. To coach and to guide folks who are new (or not new!) to this chaotic work life and to get us all off of the starting line and on to that Step ONE together!
Talk soon!