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About
Bill Connolly is a marketing leader, writer, and speaker. He is an author of three books, including most recently, “Mindspace: How to Live a More Creative Life in the Age of Distraction.” His work has been featured in Fast Company, The New York Times, and Forbes, and he has spoken or conducted workshops for many leading organizations including The Hearst Corporation, Allstate Insurance, New York University, and The World Economic Forum Shapers, among several others. At Monotype, Bill oversees community initiatives and customer engagement, building relationships across Monotype’s global audience of brand customers and partners. He holds an MBA in Organizational Leadership from Bentley University. He is an adjunct instructor at Endicott College in Massachusetts and has also studied and performed improvisational comedy for nearly 15 years.
Bill Connolly
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The strongest professional networks aren’t built on convenience or status, but on trust, honesty and mutual growth. For creatives and professionals, a peer network can be invaluable for gaining perspective, accountability and the kind of candid feedback that helps you sharpen your thinking and evolve your work. The best peers don’t just cheer you on; they challenge assumptions, question decisions and support you when the path forward feels uncertain. Building that kind of network takes intention. It requires showing up consistently, offering value before asking for it and being open to relationships that push you outside your comfort zone. Below, Rolling Stone Culture Council members share their best advice for cultivating peer communities that offer both support and constructive friction, and why those relationships are essential for long-term creative and professional growth.
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While it’s important to consider the potential future ramifications of this technology, we must remember the present.
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Our generational differences impact our communication and collaboration styles and preferences. Nowhere is this more evident than in the workplace.
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Design is one primary expression of creativity that can serve as a societal timestamp as well as a mechanism to drive us forward, together.
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Craft is the connective tissue of our history, weaving itself through each iteration and enabling new players to interpret it in novel ways.
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As we have done throughout history, we should look to the creative class to help navigate this most recent era of chaos.
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Monotype
Company bio
Monotype creates brands that matter with type, technology, and expertise. Monotype is an organization comprising over 1,000 people across the globe who share an obsession with typography, love of design, and passion for technology and innovation. Our library of over 250,000 fonts includes timeless classics, such as Helvetica®, Univers® and Frutiger® typeface families, as well as new innovative fonts like Posterama and Masqualero. Our custom typefaces can be seen around the world, whether it's Johnston100 throughout the London Underground, or “All Together” on the packaging and marketing for M&Ms.