Heidi Isern
HEIDI · ISERN
writer. thinker. whiskey drinker.
What My Uber Driver Taught Me About Real Community

What My Uber Driver Taught Me About Real Community

My phone was at 17%. I had 40 minutes until LAX. I could keep texting and drain the battery—or put it down and do something retro… like talk to another human. 📵 Pre-iPhone me used to do this all the time. I was a Chatty Cathy with every cab driver I met. I’ve heard...
Why I Flew to Costa Rica for a 4-Hour Meeting

Why I Flew to Costa Rica for a 4-Hour Meeting

Sooooo……..I’m flying to Costa Rica—in and out in 24 hours Why? Because the CEO of a company I’m working with lives there. And sometimes, face time really does matter. Sure, we live in a remote-first, Slack-pinging, Zoom-layered world. And yes, I’m a fan of...
Microproductivity: Lessons from Piano Practice

Microproductivity: Lessons from Piano Practice

Can you learn microproductivity from piano lessons? When my 7-year-old daughter Vivi first tackled piano, each new song overwhelmed her. Sight-reading notes while grasping rhythms and mastering hand placements simultaneously felt impossible—because it was. Let’s...