Best Believe - A Poem for My Team
Liat Ben-Zur
Board Member | Advisor | Former CVP Microsoft | Product/Marketing/Engineering Leader | Passionate about Generative AI, IoT & Product Led Growth | ex Qualcomm, Philips exec
One of my favorite things to do is write raps and poems. Never underestimate the power and beauty of words. So to close out 2021, after yet another difficult pandemic year where my organization not only persevered, but thrived, I penned this poem for my team at Microsoft to show my gratitude.
Best Believe
Breaking barriers
Bulldozing bureaucracy
Banishing the banal
Between bad ass and batshit crazy,
You are building bonds,
Building breakthroughs,
Building bridges,
Building brands.
You are brilliant.
Bright.
Bold.
Brave.
Bearing the bloodshed of brainstorms.
Buttoning up bourgeoning benefits.
Breeding brutally bare bundles.
Brazenly bracing boardroom banter.
You burn for that big bang.
For brand-new battlefields.
For the bounty.
But blessed be thy budgets…
Breathe. They will budge.
Your big heartedness,
Your bountiful backbone,
You beam benevolence.
Here, you are beloved.
You belong.
Believe.
Earning Fans, Driving Demand and Delivering Results
2yBravo, Liat! #Believe is definitely my word of the past year. The line that made me chuckle “But blessed be thy budgets.”
Head of External Corporate Communications at Intuit
2ySo miss your creative spirit! Who else could rap about GPUs and CPUs!?
Chief Information Officer l DEI and STEM advocate l Speaker l ORBIE winner - Passionate about building high performing, inclusive teams leveraging technology, innovation and cultural transformation to improve longevity
2yYou’re the best Liat Ben-Zur the best bad a$$ boss, Mom and friend! Your team is blessed with your courage, passion for change and vulnerability!! Love the poem!
Principal Innovation Program Manager | Microsoft Azure Quantum
2ywhat an awesome thing to do! Loved it!
Co-founder and Chief Growth Officer at Truveta
2yThis is amazing. I love that you wrote them a poem. Please tell me you performed it too!!