{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Ask Ashley","title":"Why Jennifer Fields Creates Conflict on Purpose","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1827,"description":"Grace at work gets read as weakness, and Jennifer Fields makes the opposite case: extending it takes more courage than bringing the hammer down, and it serves the bottom line. Jennifer Fields is Chief Delivery Officer at Acklen Avenue, where she leads an international team. She started as a software developer after a computer science advisor, Barbara Doyle, talked her out of pre-med and into one class. She talks with Ashley Russo about building trust so people tell you the truth, rewarding dissent, and why the investment you make in people is the only thing that lasts.\n\nChapters:\n00:00 Welcome to Ask Ashley\n00:43 Meeting Jennifer Fields\n01:21 From pre-med to software\n04:07 Being the only woman in the room\n06:15 Changing the dress code at 21\n07:37 Building culture with trust and empathy\n09:46 Bias, triggers and pushing past them\n10:35 Rewarding dissent and divergent views\n12:46 Creating conflict on purpose\n15:12 Community without segmentation\n20:17 Why grace serves the bottom line\n22:15 Retention and people who come back\n24:24 How Jennifer fills her own cup\n26:53 Advice to her younger self\n28:38 Valuing people over the profit they bring\n\nYou can follow Jennifer Fields here:\nLinkedIn - https://linkedin.com/in/jennifer-fields-0b40aa4\n\nLearn more about Acklen Avenue:\nWebsite - https://acklenavenue.com","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/aRe7dqzcNfBGUfqf2XfHZAKMGZOtyjmViHhwZvrlBTI/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9iZDJi/N2NiODA0OGY2NzVh/ZmQ4ZGQ5MjZmZWEy/ZWQyNC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}