3 Quotes & Sayings By Kira Cochrane

Kira Cochrane is an author, speaker, coach, and consultant who has spent the last decade helping organizations apply the principles of energy management to achieve peak performance. She has over 20 years of experience working in progressive organizations including medical startups, financial services firms, and consumer products companies. As a strategist, she has helped dozens of companies in the clean tech, life science, and financial services sectors create collaborative cultures that are energized by their individual contributions. She is currently the CEO of Organica Labs.

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It’s no surprise that a generation of women who were brought up being told that they were equal to men, that sexism, and therefore feminism, was dead, are starting to see through this. And while they’re pissed off, they’re also positive, bubbling with hope. One obvious outcome of being brought up to believe you’re equal is that you’re both very angry when you encounter misogyny, but also confident in your ability to tackle it. Kira Cochrane
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The academic and writer Sara Ahmed has written brilliantly about the idea of the feminist killjoy, and why it should be embraced — because feminism isn’t about making everyone around the table feel comfortable. It’s about being disruptive, challenging, and changing the terms of the debate, so that, over time, almost certainly with discomfort and backlash, everyone becomes freer. Kira Cochrane