Jennifer LabitStrategy Archives - Jennifer Labit https://jenn.org/category/strategy/ Jenn is the Founder & CEO of Cotton Babies, Inc. She created bumGenius, a world-leading brand of cloth diapers. Here, she writes about everything from her experiences in the baby industry to her journey through merging motherhood with full-time corporate leadership. #ceomom Mon, 21 Nov 2022 16:43:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://i0.wp.com/jenn.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/cropped-jenn2.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Strategy Archives - Jennifer Labit https://jenn.org/category/strategy/ 32 32 198504389 Experiential Blindness and Social Engagement https://jenn.org/2018/06/24/loneliness-social-engagement/ https://jenn.org/2018/06/24/loneliness-social-engagement/#comments Sun, 24 Jun 2018 22:56:45 +0000 Jennifer Labit https://jenn.org/?p=3402 A few years ago, someone emailed me a question. We had an active project that we were getting ready to release publicly, but it wasn’t ready to be shared that day. I replied to the email. In my response, I told her that we were working on an answer to her question, but that I […]

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]]> A few years ago, someone emailed me a question. We had an active project that we were getting ready to release publicly, but it wasn’t ready to be shared that day. I replied to the email. In my response, I told her that we were working on an answer to her question, but that I […]

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]]> https://jenn.org/2018/06/24/loneliness-social-engagement/feed/ 2 3402 The Power of The Pixel https://jenn.org/2018/03/22/the-power-of-the-pixel/ https://jenn.org/2018/03/22/the-power-of-the-pixel/#comments Thu, 22 Mar 2018 07:05:48 +0000 Jennifer Labit https://jenn.org/?p=3278 An article was published on Wired recently about Facebook’s failure to suppress fake news. The epically long, but must-read article is titled “Inside the Two Years that Shook Facebook — And the World”. As I read, in particular, I noted the implications to corporate power, retail economics, and platform marketing in the content… “For the […]

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]]> An article was published on Wired recently about Facebook’s failure to suppress fake news. The epically long, but must-read article is titled “Inside the Two Years that Shook Facebook — And the World”. As I read, in particular, I noted the implications to corporate power, retail economics, and platform marketing in the content… “For the […]

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]]> https://jenn.org/2018/03/22/the-power-of-the-pixel/feed/ 1 3278 Ten Languages Under One Roof https://jenn.org/2017/06/30/ten-languages-one-roof/ https://jenn.org/2017/06/30/ten-languages-one-roof/#respond Sat, 01 Jul 2017 01:24:45 +0000 Jennifer Labit https://jenn.org/?p=2831 Two years ago, we began the process of building a diaper factory in St. Louis. We hired a team at Washington University to evaluate the efficiency of our manufacturing process. I wanted to understand what we were doing and how we could, perhaps, improve on those processes. That team came back with a solid recommendation […]

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]]> Two years ago, we began the process of building a diaper factory in St. Louis. We hired a team at Washington University to evaluate the efficiency of our manufacturing process. I wanted to understand what we were doing and how we could, perhaps, improve on those processes. That team came back with a solid recommendation […]

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]]> https://jenn.org/2017/06/30/ten-languages-one-roof/feed/ 0 2831 Together, We’re Stronger. Put on Love. https://jenn.org/2015/09/15/putonlove/ https://jenn.org/2015/09/15/putonlove/#respond Tue, 15 Sep 2015 18:29:37 +0000 Jennifer Labit https://jenn.org/?p=1731 Women are an incredible force. A force for right and against wrong. A force for our children and against harm. A force for freedom. And the underserved. What if, for a minute, we turned our eyes towards love? What if we set aside differences and focus on unity? What if we use story to teach others […]

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]]> Women are an incredible force. A force for right and against wrong. A force for our children and against harm. A force for freedom. And the underserved. What if, for a minute, we turned our eyes towards love? What if we set aside differences and focus on unity? What if we use story to teach others […]

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]]> https://jenn.org/2015/09/15/putonlove/feed/ 0 1731 Our Employees Bring Babies to Work https://jenn.org/2015/04/14/our-employees-bring-babies-to-work-and-how-we-make-it-work/ https://jenn.org/2015/04/14/our-employees-bring-babies-to-work-and-how-we-make-it-work/#comments Tue, 14 Apr 2015 19:10:42 +0000 Jennifer Labit https://jenn.org/?p=1747 Having started my business with a little person in my lap or crawling around my feet, I am an avid advocate for parents who want to bring a baby to work for a period of time after returning from maternity leave. Making this allowance for employees enables them to further develop the parenting relationship after […]

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]]> Having started my business with a little person in my lap or crawling around my feet, I am an avid advocate for parents who want to bring a baby to work for a period of time after returning from maternity leave. Making this allowance for employees enables them to further develop the parenting relationship after […]

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]]> https://jenn.org/2015/04/14/our-employees-bring-babies-to-work-and-how-we-make-it-work/feed/ 15 1747 Babies At Work https://jenn.org/2013/05/02/babies-mean-business-ceomom/ https://jenn.org/2013/05/02/babies-mean-business-ceomom/#respond Thu, 02 May 2013 11:25:20 +0000 Jennifer Labit https://jenniferlabit.wordpress.com/?p=716 I’ve spent the last few weeks wrestling with people who believe business leadership is barely a place for a woman, and even less so for a mother with a newborn. It’s unfamiliar territory for most because our culture has practically required that women become masculine in order to be successful. Books about successful businesswomen practically […]

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]]> I’ve spent the last few weeks wrestling with people who believe business leadership is barely a place for a woman, and even less so for a mother with a newborn. It’s unfamiliar territory for most because our culture has practically required that women become masculine in order to be successful. Books about successful businesswomen practically […]

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]]> https://jenn.org/2013/05/02/babies-mean-business-ceomom/feed/ 0 716 Why I don’t believe in “impossible”. https://jenn.org/2012/11/29/when-was-the-last-time-someone-told-you-thats-impossible-2/ https://jenn.org/2012/11/29/when-was-the-last-time-someone-told-you-thats-impossible-2/#comments Fri, 30 Nov 2012 03:08:34 +0000 Jennifer Labit https://jenn.org/?p=596 Almost every day, I’m surprised again by someone willing to believe that a situation is impossible to work through. The mountain is too high. The project is too big. The problem is complex. Learning is hard. Change is scary. It is always easier to talk to everyone you know about a problem you’re facing than […]

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]]> Almost every day, I’m surprised again by someone willing to believe that a situation is impossible to work through. The mountain is too high. The project is too big. The problem is complex. Learning is hard. Change is scary. It is always easier to talk to everyone you know about a problem you’re facing than […]

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]]> https://jenn.org/2012/11/29/when-was-the-last-time-someone-told-you-thats-impossible-2/feed/ 4 2001 Share The Love: The New Cloth Diaper Bank https://jenn.org/2012/07/24/share-the-love-the-new-cloth-diaper-bank/ https://jenn.org/2012/07/24/share-the-love-the-new-cloth-diaper-bank/#respond Tue, 24 Jul 2012 22:04:10 +0000 Jennifer Labit https://jenn.org/?p=564 Together with my team at the office, I have been working on getting a Cloth Diaper Bank off the ground for months now… it’s taken time to get everything off the ground and operational, but last week, we did our first official Share The Love™ diaper distribution to families here in St. Louis. Share The […]

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]]> Together with my team at the office, I have been working on getting a Cloth Diaper Bank off the ground for months now… it’s taken time to get everything off the ground and operational, but last week, we did our first official Share The Love™ diaper distribution to families here in St. Louis. Share The […]

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]]> https://jenn.org/2012/07/24/share-the-love-the-new-cloth-diaper-bank/feed/ 0 564 Getting Started With A Business: Keep Your Focus https://jenn.org/2012/07/13/getting-started-with-a-cloth-diaper-business-keep-your-focus/ https://jenn.org/2012/07/13/getting-started-with-a-cloth-diaper-business-keep-your-focus/#respond Fri, 13 Jul 2012 10:48:31 +0000 Jennifer Labit https://jenn.org/?p=525 Focus is essential for achieving a goal… any goal. Owners of new cloth diaper companies tend to spend a great deal of time looking at (and worrying about) what other cloth diaper companies are doing. What everyone else is doing doesn’t matter. What *does* matter is what you are doing, how you are doing it […]

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]]> Focus is essential for achieving a goal… any goal. Owners of new cloth diaper companies tend to spend a great deal of time looking at (and worrying about) what other cloth diaper companies are doing. What everyone else is doing doesn’t matter. What *does* matter is what you are doing, how you are doing it […]

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