Jenny Dirksen

"Also at the table is Jenny Dirksen, our director of community investment, who’s there to take minutes to assure that we follow through on agreements and do what we say we’re going to do. She is our “agenda keeper.” Each participant may initiate and “own” a weekly agenda item so long as he or she relays it to Jenny by the end of the previous week and provides the rest of us with any supporting collateral materials so we can prepare for the discussion in advance. As an experienced colleague…"

"At about this time, my assistant, Jenny Dirksen (now our director of community investment), shared a priceless expression her grandmother had taught her: One tuchas can’t dance at two weddings. It’s nice to be invited to a lot of parties. But as much as you may want to attend them all, it’s important to acknowledge that you can be in only one place at a time, and do one thing well. My own grandfather used to express similar wisdom: Doing two things like a half-wit never equals doing one thing like a whole wit."