ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Dan Clay - Writer, consultant
By day, Dan Clay is a partner in at a brand and innovation consultancy. His more well-known persona is Carrie Dragshaw.

Why you should listen

Dan Clay is a partner in strategy and innovation for Lippincott, an NYC-based consultancy. His expertise focuses on the strategic growth spaces that emerge from changing customer needs, expectations, fears and desires. In addition to advising financial services, health care and retail clients, Clay is a leading voice in Lippincott's intellectual capital and has authored several reports on how to build emotional bonds with the customer of the future. He graduated with an MBA from Wharton at the University of Pennsylvania and received his undergraduate degree in philosophy at Northwestern University.  

Clay's more well-known persona is Carrie Dragshaw. What started as a simple Halloween costume turned into a viral fairy tale. Clay recreates classic Sex and the City looks and accompanies them with original "couldn't help but wonder" monologues. He's been featured in Cosmopolitan, L.A. Times, Us Weekly, the New York Post, BuzzFeed, Man Repeller, Huffington Post, Out, Refinery29, InStyle and more. Carrie Dragshaw has one simple mission: to create a little corner of the internet that is only positivity and love.

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The Way We Work

Dan Clay: Why you should bring your whole self to work

Dan Clay: Mengapa Anda harus membawa diri Anda seutuhnya ke tempat kerja

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Dan Clay dulunya merasa khawatir diabaikan karena "terlalu gay" di tempat kerja, oleh sebab itu ia meredam kepribadiannya. Namun kemudian sisi lain dirinya, Carrie Dragshaw, menjadi viral daring. Inilah kelanjutannya.
- Writer, consultant
By day, Dan Clay is a partner in at a brand and innovation consultancy. His more well-known persona is Carrie Dragshaw. Full bio

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A leaderpemimpin is steadymenenangkan, firmperusahaan,
decisivemenentukan, unwaveringteguh.
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Seorang pemimpin itu
mantap, tegas, pasti, teguh,
Jangan pernah terlihat
cemas, selalu punya jawaban.
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Never let 'emmereka see you sweatkeringat,
always have an answermenjawab.
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00:06
[The Way We Work]
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[Cara Kita Bekerja]
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My namenama is DanDan, I'm a partnerpasangan
at a globalglobal creativekreatif consultancykonsultasi.
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Nama saya Dan, saya seorang partner
di sebuah konsultan kreatif global.
Tapi ada sisi lain saya:
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But there's anotherlain sidesisi to me:
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Carrie Dragshaw,
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CarrieCarrie DragshawYang,
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karakter yang saya buat di Instagram.
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the characterkarakter I createddiciptakan on InstagramInstagram.
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Saat memikirkan kehidupan ganda saya,
saya terus bertanya...
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As I thought about my doubledua kali lipat life,
I couldn'ttidak bisa help but wonderbertanya-tanya ...
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Ketika jati diri Anda sedikit tak biasa,
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When your truebenar selfdiri
is a little nontraditionalnontradisional,
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seberapa banyak yang bisa
dibawa ke kantor?
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how much of it can you really
bringmembawa to the officekantor?
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00:32
For some of us is authenticitykeaslian off-limitsterlarang?
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Bagi sebagian orang
apakah keaslian itu terlarang?
Selama 10 tahun pertama karier saya,
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For the first 10 yearstahun of my careerkarier,
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saya kira ada satu cara saja
untuk menjadi pemimpin:
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I thought there was
one way to be a leaderpemimpin:
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tegas dan serius.
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decisivemenentukan and seriousserius.
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Tapi itu bukan saya.
00:43
But that's not me.
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Jadi saya memakai
kostum kantor agar cocok:
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So I'd put on basicallypada dasarnya
officekantor dragmenyeret to fitcocok the roleperan:
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saya bersuara lebih dalam,
berusaha tak menggerakkan tangan.
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I'd talk in a deeperlebih dalam voicesuara,
try to holdmemegang in my handtangan motionsgerakan.
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Saya orang yang bersemangat
akan berbagai hal,
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I'm someonesome one who getsmendapat
really excitedgembira about things,
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jadi saya meredamnya.
00:54
so I'd tempermarah that.
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Ada suara kecil
di dalam kepala saya, berkata,
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I had this little voicesuara
in my headkepala, tellingpemberitaan me,
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"Kau terlalu gay, terlalu feminin,
terlalu flamboyan,"
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"You're too gaygay,
too femininewanita, too flamboyantflamboyan."
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Ada penasihat baik saya yang berkata,
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I had one well-intentionedniat baik
adviserPenasihat who said,
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"Semua tahu kau gay. Dan itu hebat.
01:05
"EveryoneSemua orang knowstahu you're gaygay.
And that's great.
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Tapi kau tak perlu
terlalu memamerkannya."
01:07
But you don't need to beatmengalahkan them
over the headkepala with it."
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Lompat ke: saya berkostum tutu,
untuk Halloween tahun 2016.
01:10
CutMemotong to: me in a tutuTutu, for HalloweenHalloween 2016.
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Saya berpakaian sebagai karakter TV
favorit saya, Carrie Bradshaw,
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I dressedberpakaian up as my favoritefavorit
TVTV showmenunjukkan characterkarakter, CarrieCarrie BradshawBradshaw,
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mengira teman-teman saya
akan menikmatinya.
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thinkingberpikir my friendsteman
would get a kicktendangan out of it.
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Kemudian, keadaan menggila.
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And then, things got crazygila.
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Postingan mereka menjadi viral,
dan awalnya hanya untuk senang-senang.
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The postpos wentpergi viralvirus,
and at first it was puremurni funmenyenangkan.
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01:26
I starteddimulai gettingmendapatkan these incredibleluar biasa
messagespesan from people
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Saya mulai menerima
pesan-pesan hebat dari orang-orang
betapa hal itu menggembirakan,
01:29
about how happysenang it madeterbuat them,
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bagaimana hal itu medorong mereka
menjadi diri mereka sendiri.
01:31
how it encouragedmendorong them
to be theirmereka authenticasli selvesdiri.
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01:34
And I starteddimulai to think,
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dan saya mulai berpikir,
mungkin ini saatnya untuk bilang
pada suara di kepala saya untuk diam
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maybe this is the time to tell that
little voicesuara in my headkepala to just shutmenutup up
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dan membiarkan saya menjadi saya sendiri.
01:39
and let myselfdiri be me.
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01:42
But then things got a little too bigbesar.
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Tapi keadaan menjadi agak heboh.
Carrie Dragshaw ada di mana-mana --
di "New York Post", "US Weekly" --
01:44
CarrieCarrie DragshawYang was everywheredimana mana --
In the "NewBaru YorkYork PostPosting", "US WeeklyUnduhan" --
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dan saya ketakutan:
01:48
and I got terrifiedketakutan:
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"Apa kata atasan saya nanti?
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"What would my bossesbos think?
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Apa rekan kerja masih akan
menganggap saya pemimpin?
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Would my coworkersrekan kerja
still respectmenghormati me as a leaderpemimpin?
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01:53
What would my clientsklien think?"
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Apa kata klien saya nanti?"
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I thought I was going to have to
get a differentberbeda jobpekerjaan.
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Saya mengira akan harus pindah kerja.
Tapi kemudian, sesuatu terjadi,
sesuatu yang kecil.
01:58
But then, something happenedterjadi,
something smallkecil.
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Saya menerima pesan dari atasan saya,
tidak panjang, katanya,
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I got a textteks from my bossbos,
it wasn'ttidak long, it just said,
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"Wow, Cosmo!"
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"WowWow, CosmoCosmo!"
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Dengan tautan ke artikel
yang baru saja muncul tentang saya.
02:05
With a linklink to an articleartikel
that had just gonepergi up about me.
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Dan itu membuat ketakutan saya hilang
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And it let me put that little,
scaredtakut voicesuara away
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dan merasa antusias
tentang dunia yang baru ini,
02:11
and just be excitedgembira
about this wholeseluruh newbaru worlddunia,
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alih-alih merasa cemas.
02:14
ratheragak than freakedketakutan out.
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Itulah kekuatan satu orang,
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That's the powerkekuasaan of one personorang,
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terkadang hanya butuh seorang sekutu
agar Anda merasa nyaman.
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sometimesterkadang all it takes is one allysekutu
to make you feel comfortablenyaman.
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Dan para kolega saya
mulai bersikap berbeda.
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And my coworkersrekan kerja
starteddimulai actingbertindak differentlyberbeda.
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Mereka menjadi lebih terbuka,
lebih ceria dengan saya,
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They becamemenjadi more openBuka,
more playfulMain-Main with me,
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sepertinya mengetahui sisi saya yang lain
02:26
it was as if knowingpenuh arti this other sidesisi of me
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mengizinkan mereka
untuk juga menjadi diri sendiri.
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gavememberi them permissionizin
to be more of themselvesdiri as well.
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Saya kira keterbukaan dan kerapuhan
02:31
I thought that opennessketerbukaan and vulnerabilitykerentanan
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akan mengurangi wibawa saya dalam tim.
02:34
would actuallysebenarnya decreasemengurangi
my standingkedudukan with my teamtim.
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Tapi yang terjadi sebaliknya.
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But it's doneselesai the oppositeseberang.
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Selama dua tahun,
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Two yearstahun in,
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saya tak pernah membayangkan
sisi saya yang ini tak hanya diterima,
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I never could have imagineddibayangkan that this
partbagian of me would not just be embracedmemeluk,
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tapi juga bisa membantu karier saya.
02:45
but could actuallysebenarnya help my careerkarier.
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Sekarang, saya beruntung.
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Now, I'm luckyberuntung.
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Saya bekerja di New York City,
02:49
I work in NewBaru YorkYork CityKota,
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di suatu kantor
di mana kreativitas dihargai
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in an officekantor where creativitykreativitas is valuedbernilai
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dan saya sudah cukup mapan dalam karier
ketika semua ini dimulai.
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and I was alreadysudah prettycantik establishedmapan
in my careerkarier when all of this starteddimulai.
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Mungkin memang Anda, mungkin juga tidak.
02:56
Maybe that's you, maybe it isn't.
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Tapi semua ini telah banyak
mengajarkan pada saya
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But all of this has taughtdiajarkan me so much
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03:01
about just the importancepentingnya
of bringingmembawa your wholeseluruh selfdiri to work.
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tentang pentingnya membawa
diri Anda seutuhnya ke tempat kerja.
Dan ini benar-benar
menantang mispersepsi saya
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And it's really challengedtertantang
my ownsendiri misperceptionskesalahan persepsi
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tentang apa yang diperlukan untuk sukses.
03:07
about what it takes to be successfulsukses.
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Menjadi pemimpin tak hanya ada satu cara.
03:09
There's no one kindjenis of way to be a leaderpemimpin.
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Ini tentang menemukan kekuatan Anda
dan menemukan cara memperkuatnya.
03:12
It's about findingtemuan your strengthskekuatan
and findingtemuan wayscara to amplifymemperkuat them.
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Sebelumnya, jika rapat sedang sulit,
saya memakai topeng pemimpin.
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Before, if a meetingpertemuan was hardkeras,
I'd put on my perfectsempurna leaderpemimpin masktopeng.
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Sekarang, saya bisa mengatakan,
"Ya ampun, menjengkelkan sekali."
03:20
Now, I can say,
"GoshWah, that was frustratingfrustrasi."
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Kita bisa bicara tentang tantangan
dan perjuangan dengan terbuka,
03:24
We can talk about challengestantangan
and strugglesperjuangan in an openBuka way,
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daripada semua berpura-pura
baik-baik saja hingga akhirnya terlambat.
03:27
ratheragak than everybodysemua orang pretendingberpura-pura
that they're fine untilsampai it's too lateterlambat.
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Menutupi identitas membutuhkan usaha.
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ConcealingMenyembunyikan an identityidentitas takes work.
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Pikirkan semua energi yang terbuang
dengan berpura-pura,
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Think of all the wastedterbuang energyenergi
spentmenghabiskan pretendingberpura-pura,
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berharap Anda adalah orang yang berbeda.
03:37
wishingberharap you were someonesome one differentberbeda.
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03:39
What's mostpaling interestingmenarik to me, thoughmeskipun,
is that in this bigbesar studybelajar of coveringpenutup,
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Yang paling menarik bagi saya adalah
dalam penelitian besar tentang menutupi,
93 persen dari mereka
yang mengatakan melakukannya
03:44
93 percentpersen of those
who say they're doing it
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juga meyakini organisasi mereka
menghargai keikutsertaan.
03:46
alsojuga believe theirmereka organizationorganisasi
valuesnilai inclusionpenyertaan.
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03:50
So clearlyjelas, our workplacestempat kerja
and all of our strangeaneh innerbatin voicessuara-suara
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Jadi jelas, tempat kerja kita
dan semua suara aneh dalam pikiran kita
punya perjalanan panjang untuk penerimaan.
03:55
have a long way to go on acceptancepenerimaan.
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Ada perbedaan besar
antara beradaptasi dan menyamar.
03:57
There's a bigbesar differenceperbedaan
betweenantara adaptingberadaptasi and disguisingMenyamarkan.
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Dan saya pikir saya mempelajarinya
sedikit terlambat.
04:02
And I think I learnedterpelajar that a little lateterlambat.
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04:04
PersonallyPribadi, I'm takingpengambilan all of this
as a call to be the allysekutu
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Secara pribadi, saya menganggap semua ini
sebagai panggilan sebagai sekutu,
seperti yang dilakukan atasan saya,
04:08
who, like my bossbos did for me,
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04:09
letsmari kita people know that it's OK to openBuka up.
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membiarkan orang tahu
tidak apa-apa untuk membuka diri.
Jika Anda gay, atau bangga
dengan latar belakang etnik Anda,
04:12
If you're gaygay, or proudbangga
of your ethnicetnis backgroundLatar Belakang,
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atau memiliki disabilitas,
atau sangat religius,
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or have a disabilityCacat
or are deeplydalam religiouskeagamaan,
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lihat apa yang terjadi dengan
menjadi diri sendiri di tempat kerja.
04:17
see what it's like
beingmakhluk your fullpenuh selfdiri at work.
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Anda akan terkejut.
04:21
You mightmungkin be pleasantlyramah surprisedterkejut.
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Translated by Sabrina Go
Reviewed by Abe Felisa

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Dan Clay - Writer, consultant
By day, Dan Clay is a partner in at a brand and innovation consultancy. His more well-known persona is Carrie Dragshaw.

Why you should listen

Dan Clay is a partner in strategy and innovation for Lippincott, an NYC-based consultancy. His expertise focuses on the strategic growth spaces that emerge from changing customer needs, expectations, fears and desires. In addition to advising financial services, health care and retail clients, Clay is a leading voice in Lippincott's intellectual capital and has authored several reports on how to build emotional bonds with the customer of the future. He graduated with an MBA from Wharton at the University of Pennsylvania and received his undergraduate degree in philosophy at Northwestern University.  

Clay's more well-known persona is Carrie Dragshaw. What started as a simple Halloween costume turned into a viral fairy tale. Clay recreates classic Sex and the City looks and accompanies them with original "couldn't help but wonder" monologues. He's been featured in Cosmopolitan, L.A. Times, Us Weekly, the New York Post, BuzzFeed, Man Repeller, Huffington Post, Out, Refinery29, InStyle and more. Carrie Dragshaw has one simple mission: to create a little corner of the internet that is only positivity and love.

More profile about the speaker
Dan Clay | Speaker | TED.com