What do you do on a daily basis that makes you feel like you’re good at your job? How do you add value to your team?

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Usually by generating fresh insights that no one asked for on projects I know have been kicked off. Ask your CDs what’s happening to get the run down of where they are in a project, then jump in and add value.

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Start with an email to your CD. They’ll have the intel on what’s needed. Also to get ahead of the game reach out to the account leads on projects in or coming down the pipeline. They’ll have intel on what’s keeping the client up at night. Take a stab at research and insight to contribute to solving that problem. Clients love that shit.

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Wow my grammar bad. Anyway It’s all about keeping your ears open and knowing the status of projects. Unexpected added value and going above and beyond will get more people to include you proactively in projects .

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Good idea, SR1! How do you ride the line between bringing something useful to a project and just creating noise for teams that are already stressed? Especially with short term projects.

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