From Fear to FOMO: The AI Whiplash in the Workplace

by | Feb 12, 2025

AI has gone from public enemy number one to the golden child of innovation in record time. Just look at this week’s AI summit in Paris. JD Vance made his first major policy speech there, declaring that the U.S. is going all in on AI and urging other countries to...

Outrage Is Easy. Accountability Is Hard.

by | Feb 5, 2025

Everyone gets selective about their outrage. We see it in politics, in business, in culture—everywhere. But what separates outrage that leads to meaningful change from outrage that’s just noise? Accountability.  Take the federal government. The Trump administration,...

Where Have All the Middle Managers Gone?

by | Jan 22, 2025

Not long ago, the middle manager was the linchpin of the corporate world. They juggled project management, performance tracking, and resource allocation while ensuring their teams stayed on track. Today, those responsibilities are increasingly being handed over to...

Why Most People Suck At Power

by | Jan 15, 2025

I was listening to Joe Rogan this weekend when I was struck by one of his comments.  I’m not a Rogan fan per se but he shared one line that I loved: “People suck at power.”   Amen. You don’t have to look far to see this in action. Religion, politics,...

My New Year’s resolution is to raise the stakes 

by | Jan 8, 2025

For the past year, I’ve been wrestling with a nagging feeling that the stakes in my life aren’t high enough. It’s not that things are bad. They’re not. In many ways, life and work are going well. But there’s a part of me that feels like I’m not risking enough or...