Cameron Powell
Cameron cut his teeth telling moving, fact-based stories as a young trial lawyer right out of Harvard Law School, as a public speaker for the Corporate Executive Board, and as a founder pitching startup companies to investors, partners, and media.
He brings audiences and readers the diversity of thought and experience of a writer, an entrepreneur, a lawyer, an executive coach and talent builder, and a passionate student of:
great writing and literature
history and psychology
the world’s wisdom traditions, myths, and religions
nature and technology
In the last decade Cameron has spoken to audiences about disrupting talent and building teams, storytelling for fundraising and employer brands, the risks, rewards, and ethics of GenAI, and the courage-making, gratitude-boosting power of the Legacy Mindset [link to the sub-page for that particular speech].
Cameron helps your people
Build Gratitude and Focus, Courage and Creativity
by answering 3 vital questions.
Why
WHY do people tend to want bravening?
Fear stunts the human genius inside every one of us.
The greatest barriers we have to engaging and leading, creating and innovating, are our core human fears of failure and rejection. Imagine what we could do with our wild and precious lives if we were more fearless.
What
How can a legacy mindset make people braver?
Reflecting on legacy and mortality famously focus our priorities.
Steve Jobs knew. “Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life.” Ron Shaich, founder of Panera, builder of Au Bon Pain, backer of Cava and Tatte, knows. Every year, on some tropical island, Mr. Shaich conducts a yearly premortem on himself.
Yes, there are proven tools for making human beings more fearless. Tools that make us braver. Freed of our fears of criticism and failure, we finally reach out or even commit, we create, we let go, we lead and innovate, we are grateful. We stop putting off what our future self would like us to do today. Welcome to the bravening.
How
How do we get a legacy mindset?
Cameron shares his own authentic personal stories and draws in audiences with wit and comic timing, a unique eloquence, and some acting ability (karaoke is extra). He talks about the tools used in wisdom traditions and approved by science.
Ordinary Magic Book
Life is a quiet journey where every step tells a story. The true depth of love is understood by those who keep their promises. Sometimes, the most ordinary moments turn out to be the most magical. Memories are the light that guides us, even through the darkest paths.
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Email Marketing
Powerful promotion via targeted email campaigns.
Funnel Optimization
Optimizing steps for an effective conversion funnel.
Content Marketing
Tactical creation, promotion, and distribution of content.
Advance Analytics
Smart business decisions driven by advanced insights.
Paid Advertising
Increasing visibility with strategic paid advertising.
SEO
Improving online content for greater search visibility.
The Perfect Reason For Choosing Brandcraft.
Our agency collaborates closely with you, ensuring a deep understanding of your business.
Target Audience
Analyzing consumer behaviors, such as purchasing habits and decision-making processes.
High Conversation Rate
A higher conversion rate means more visitors are turning into paying customers.
Better Market Research
Market research offers insights into customers' price sensitivity and perceptions of value.
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Contrarian Takes on Talent
Cameron approaches talent from the perspective of a skeptic of conventional hiring practices who has built innovative, engaged, psychologically safe teams for many startups; has reinvented talent in organizations so that retention and engagement skyrocket; and has coached employees at every level into their best, most productive selves.
Why the Flow State is Where You Want Your Workers to Be
And How to Help Them Get There
Watch Cameron speak on the problems with "keyword thinking" in hiring @DisruptHR Silicon Valley
Cameron speaks about:
hiring that optimizes workers' conditions for the hyper-productive Flow state;
workers self-managing on teams stocked with diverse thought and experience; and
the power of storytelling for employer brands and insightful interviews that draw out what really matters in any person doing work: their talent and their drive (more than knowledge, experience, credentials, and keywords).
Why HR Needs a Shotgun Wedding With Marketing: Get an Employer Brand That Works
Recruiting today just takes too long, attracts unqualified applicants, and yields disengaged hires who leave too soon. The main culprit? Your no-good terrible 19th-century job description, a list of features that fail to differentiate the benefits candidates actually care about.
How to Hire People for Their Stories
That's Where You Can See True Talent and Drive
Read "How You Can Learn from Mis-Steps by ‘Game of Thrones’ to Crush Behavior-based Interviews with STORY"
How to Hire for the Meaning and Self-Engagement that Make Us Resilient in Pandemics and at Work
In this provocative, contrarian, and wide-ranging conversation, you’ll learn:
Why the capacity to manage scary uncertainty - evident in the courageous non-conformity of artists, deep readers, and entrepreneurs - is absolutely critical to creativity and innovation
Why we should focus on underlying strengths - strategy, empathy, problem-solving - instead of taking shortcuts of specific skills or credentials
Why the self-employed are masters at self-engagement and autonomous work
Why using Applicant Tracking Systems to scan resumes can be the biggest con in talent, offering us the illusion we’ve discerned things worth discerning
Why employers should ask candidates to focus, in cover letters, on how they get into the Flow state
Employer Brands That Work
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