Who Would You Call? Field Notes on Unlearning × Goodword

​More than half of professionals can name five or fewer people they’d call today with a work problem. Goodword surveyed 500 people for its Network Paradox report, and that’s the number that came back. (Count yours. We’ll wait.)

​Most of us go straight to the contact list. The step before it comes first: knowing what you actually need. Somewhere back in a classroom we learned to raise our hand, collect the gold star, and carry the whole thing home alone. Asking for help starts with noticing what you’re carrying.

​Connection to others begins with connection to yourself.

​The evening holds both halves. Field Notes on Unlearning works on the first: stories, questions, and small gatherings that help you see yourself more clearly. Goodword works on the second: finding the people in your network who can actually help. Tuesday night puts both in one room.

​We’ll pull the chairs into a circle for a facilitated conversation with Lindsey Lerner (Field Notes on Unlearning) and Caroline Dell (co-founder and CEO, Goodword).

​Who did you call the last time you were stuck? Why that person? Who would you call now?

​Then the circle opens up. After you register, you’ll answer two quick questions by text, and the night before, Goodword’s event matching sends you up to three people in the room worth finding. Go find them. It works for everyone in the room, Goodword account or not.

​The evening
5:30 Doors, drinks, snacks
6:00 The circle: a facilitated conversation, everyone in
6:45 Open conversation: go find your matches
7:30 Wrap up

​Bring: your phone, and one thing you’re putting down.

​Tuesday, November 10 · 5:30–7:30 PM · Fabrik DUMBO