#21 – How Alex Constantinople became the CEO of The Outcast Agency

Alex Constantinople is the CEO of The Outcast Agency and works with clients like Airbnb, Instagram, Spotify, Facebook, or Patagonia.

Alex started her career as a publicist for CNN, NBC, followed by marketing and communications roles at GE before switching coasts to join Wired Magazine and eventually The Outcast Agency, first as their COO and then as CEO. Alex is based in San Francisco and the mother of 3.

In this episode we talk about Alex's favorite books, how she prepared herself and the company for her sabbatical, or how she has learned to take time away from the day-to-day to assess life and work and much much more.

Follow Alex on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ConstantAlex

Books mentioned in this episode: Margeret Atwood – Oryx and Crake https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/46756.OryxandCrake Gretchen Rubin - The Happiness Project https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6398634-the-happiness-project W. Somerset Maugham – The Razor’s Edge https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31196.TheRazorsEdge Tim Rath – The Strengths Finder 2.0 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56454.StrengthsFinder20 Bruce Springsteen – Born To Run https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29072594-born-to-run Hermann Hesse – Siddharta https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/444555.Siddharta

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