FLOX
ZERO admin, all big thinking! I love sinking my teeth into big strategies and churn out pathways for my teams to pursue and get them some wins.
Don't worry too much about your credentials - observe, learn and sharpen your instincts along the way and you'll do great! Trust yourself and find your ops tribe - they will be your ride or die through all the ups and downs of startup life!
I am a huge fan of process mapping. Wether it's a Miro board or the back of a napkin, it has always brought me and the people involved a lot of clarity and empathy towards the process. It's also a great tool to de-risk and assign ownership. I love to see it come to life into tools and comms plans, and I couldn't live without Notion supporting all of this.
I used to think I'd never be a C-level because I don't have a university degree or big shiny certifications. I have changed that narrative and am living proof that you can achieve a lot without any academic status quo.
Scaling my current company's product deployment. We work in complex on prem situations and I have brought in a huge amount of quality in our processes, while managing huge construction sites (and men, sigh!) - making our on prem operations cheaper, more efficient and smooth like butter. To put it in numbers, that was a 17x growth in 6mo!
I am unshakeable! I might be drowning or firefighting, but I am just such a fan of the ride that I am never fazed by it. My people compass is also very much alive through this so I often feel like Neo in the Matrix - hyper aware of everything around me and seeing it unfold without losing sight of the human element.
The rest of my SLT - we are deeply bonded and aligned and I know I can reach out to them and centre myself again. We care deeply for each other and the business, so I always come out it more grounded and ready to fight the fires!