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Beast, Tiny: What Autocorrect Taught Me About Leading at the Speed of Chaos
My standard sign-off in texts and emails has always been “Best, Tony.” Simple. Professional. Warm enough.
During the years I was running UBM TechWeb: a global B2B media, events, and data business that grew to over $300 million in revenue, that sign-off had a problem. I wasn’t always “Best, Tony.” Thanks to iPhone autocorrect, occasionally I was “Beast, Tiny.”
The irony is hard to miss. At 6’5” and 200 pounds, “Tiny” is not a word anyone would use to describe me. And I’ve spent my career building a leadership style and reputation around decisiveness with empathy, clarity with care. Not exactly…
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