HAILLEY GRIFFIS Happy Monday 🌞 If you joined recently, hi 👋 I’m Hailley. I’ve always created systems for my work (as a Marketing leader at Buffer) and life (as a remote worker and mom of two) where I can stay productive, calm, and organized. This week, we’re chatting about AI — specifically, four different ways to use AI to help you think more deeply or get unblocked at work. I’ll admit I was slow to adopt AI after the release of ChatGPT. I eventually decided to invest more time in using AI...
10 days ago • 2 min read
HAILLEY GRIFFIS Happy Monday 🌞 I’m so glad to be back to this newsletter. If you joined recently, hi 👋 I’m Hailley. I’ve always created systems for my work (as a Marketing leader at Buffer) and life (as a remote worker and mom of two) where I can stay productive, calm, and organized. This week we’re chatting about mental processing. Understanding your natural thinking style can dramatically improve how you work, communicate, and solve problems. Whether you know it or not, you likely fall into...
17 days ago • 3 min read
HAILLEY GRIFFIS Happy Monday 🌞 Can you think of a challenge you have in your work or life right now? If you’re like me, you have a number of challenges that range from big to small. Some things on my mind include iterating on Buffer’s blog content, spending more time reading the books on my 2024 reading list, and getting more sleep. Over the years, I’ve developed a simple method for tackling these sorts of questions. (Except for that last one — that is in the hands of my 7-month-old.) Here’s...
5 months ago • 2 min read
HAILLEY GRIFFIS Well, hello there! 🌞 I’ve been off work for 16 weeks and away from this newsletter for even longer. That all changes today—it is my first day back at work and my first newsletter again post-baby. I’m glad to be back to both. Besides a few Instagram posts, I’ve been mostly away from posting on social media and from any work. So this is me slowly coming back online after a lovely break. I’ve decided to return to this newsletter first as I love this space, and I’m so grateful to...
9 months ago • 3 min read
HAILLEY GRIFFIS Happy Monday 🌞 As you might have guessed from the title, I’m heading out on parental leave very soon. I’m so grateful to be able to take some time away from work to focus on the new baby and learn about life with a newborn and a toddler. (Send encouragement or advice if you have any!) This will be my third time taking an extended break from work, which I feel very privileged to do. The first was my first parental leave for 12 weeks in 2021, the second was my 7-week sabbatical...
about 1 year ago • 1 min read
HAILLEY GRIFFIS Happy Monday 🌞 I recently had the experience of reading an article and having that article completely change my mind on something. The article spoke about ‘joining the AI class’ and was written by Greg Shove and Taylor Malmsheimer. The core concept is that you can’t ignore the impact that AI can have on your work and your career right now — that there will be this class of people ‘the AI class’ of workers who leverage AI to be more efficient. (I recommend reading the whole...
about 1 year ago • 3 min read
HAILLEY GRIFFIS Happy Monday 🌞 I’ve always been motivated to keep learning and taking on more in my career and my work. Partially just because I find it fulfilling but also because it keeps work challenging and interesting. This week, I feel lucky to have a few new subscribers thanks to a feature by ConvertKit — so hello if that’s you! With that in mind, I am doing a bit of a roundup of my career growth advice and sharing three systems that have served me throughout my career and that I...
about 1 year ago • 4 min read
HAILLEY GRIFFIS Happy Monday 🌞 Last week was a fun milestone for me — I had my 8th anniversary of working at Buffer. (We call them Bufferversaries. 😊) That’s truly a long time with one company, so I spent some extra time reflecting ahead of this milestone on a question I get a lot “why have you stayed at Buffer so long?” It turns out, there are a lot of reasons. I get into all of them in this post on the Buffer blog and I’d love your thoughts if you read it. One of the reasons I stay is...
about 1 year ago • 1 min read
HAILLEY GRIFFIS Happy Monday 🌞 I recently brought up the concept of ‘horizontal networking’ in an interview, and I was reminded that this term isn’t popular. I don’t know where I first came across it years ago, but the concept stuck with me. Instead of trying to network with people who are ahead of you in their careers or more senior than you, horizontal networking is the idea that you should focus your energy on networking with people who are at the same level as you. The reason is simple —...
about 1 year ago • 1 min read