EP 137: Transitioning Into Intrapreneurship While Maintaining Your Mission With &yet Chief Of Strategy Sarah Bray

Published: June 12, 2018, 10:30 a.m.

b'The Nitty Gritty\\n\\n* How Sarah Bray, entrepreneur, author, and digital strategist, transitioned from working exclusively for herself to joining the smart and passionate team at &yet, a design and development consultancy\\n* What it means to be an intrapreneur in the modern creative world \\u2014 and what drew Sarah to the &yet team\\n* How to fuel your self-confidence, especially if you\\u2019re moving from the entrepreneurship world to a team culture\\n* Why Sarah and the &yet team create resources, like Leadershippy, that serve the company culture as well as the public to inspire, educate, and support them on their work/life journey\\n\\nHave you ever felt that you could never work for someone else, other than yourself? Sarah Bray, entrepreneur, author, and digital strategist, felt the same. That is: until she saw how she could give more life to her ideas by working on a team.\\nDespite working independently for years, today, Sarah works as the Chief of Strategy at &yet, a design and development consultancy based out of Richland, Washington, that centers their work on possibility and people..\\nListen to this inspiring episode of What Works to hear more from Sarah about her transition from working solo to working in tech.\\nWe release new episodes of What Works every week. Subscribe on iTunes so you never miss an episode.\\nTapping into your confidence as you transition from entrepreneurship to intrapreneurship\\n\\u201cMy confidence in what I could do and what I could bring came from those experiences and that validation. I was at a point in my growth that I didn\\u2019t have to seek out those people. I never had to sell my ideas to anyone because they\\u2019d been reading my work for a long time and they knew who I was.\\u201d \\u2014 Sarah Bray\\nThe digital entrepreneurship world and the tech world are similar in many ways. Culturally, they\\u2019re both forward thinking and quick moving. There isn\\u2019t much bureaucracy (hopefully!) \\u2014 autonomy and bold ideas are welcome.\\nBut the big difference between the online business world and the tech world is that the people who work within each realm don\\u2019t cross paths often. As Sarah shares, her new coworkers at &yet weren\\u2019t familiar with her digital work, besides her business partner Adam. But it didn\\u2019t matter because Sarah knew she created quality work\\u2026 and she used that confidence to push forward from running solo to joining forces with others.\\nIf you\\u2019re considering making the jump from growing your own business to working for someone else, consider: what do you do really well? How is what you do well served by pivoting to a team-based environment? And how does this shift serve you personally and professionally?\\nEmbracing frustration to fuel your work\\n\\u201cFrustration is the most amazing thing. Anytime there\\u2019s something I\\u2019m annoyed about or that\\u2019s driving me crazy, that\\u2019s the feeling that I know my own limitations well\\u2026 and that I really need to be working with other people to move my ideas farther than I\\u2019m able to take them.\\u201d \\u2014 Sarah Bray\\nSomething I love about &yet\\u2019s company culture is that they fully embrace the idea of possibility. But not as a grandiose vision that doesn\\u2019t feel grounded in reality. Instead, it\\u2019s at the heart of everything they do and something they highlight on their website\\u2019s homepage.\\nPossibility is no doubt something that Sarah embraces in her life, too. If she didn\\u2019t, would she have considered working for someone else? Would she have believed that working with others could make more of her ideas come to life than w...'