The fish don’t know where you worked.
The idea of place and placemaking is a darling concept for philanthropists. The pandemic reiterated not only how addicted we are to places, but also how those places can vanish in a flash. Aside from our homes, attachment to a place now seems odd. Often, we connect work with a place. When we talk about our work, we talk about where we worked. We assume others know what we’re talking about. Suddenly, places feel pompous. But, if we distill our work down to its core, rather than attributing it to a place, it becomes more meaningful. For me, I gave tools to artists. Those tools allowed them to create something, and feel supported while doing it. That is my truth. Some of the fancy places I worked don’t even exist anymore. Let’s detach ourselves from these places, and focus on what we’ve learned. This is not only a fair and equitable approach to our collective experience but helps to inform our value proposition. Move the knowledge to the top of the resume. Let’s promote our skills, not the places where we worked. Places are more fleeting than we thought.I think you are understand