Career Thoughts – FeelingElephants

Camping as resilience practice

Posted on September 7, 2015 by Jessica Dickinson Goodman / 0 Comment

I’m writing this in the middle of a campground 2.5 hours from the nearest major city. My stomach is full of s’mores and my campsite full of the steam of a prope...

Career Thoughts/Geology/Human Rights

Seattle to San Francisco

Posted on September 4, 2015 by Jessica Dickinson Goodman / 1 Comment

Eight weeks ago I started my drive from Seattle to Silicon Valley. On the way, I camped at Crater Lake National Park, leapt off an 18′ cliff into the deep...

Career Thoughts

Using User Personas to Improve Policy

Posted on July 7, 2015 by Jessica Dickinson Goodman / 0 Comment

I fell in love with user personas when I was helping Polaris re-think their website. I had written an RFP and one of the firms I dreamed of us being able to hir...