I’m referring, of course, to that loud strike of midnight between one year and the next. Have you noticed how we’ve all bought into this fiction that January 1st possesses some kind of transformative magic? As if the arbitrary point where we flip the calendar suddenly grants us a burst of willpower we didn’t have […]
Every January, they’ll sell you the same thing with a new label. New strategies. New frameworks. New ways to scale faster, optimize harder, extract more efficiently. The world treats each calendar flip like collective amnesia — as if everything we knew last year is suddenly obsolete. I fell for it for decades; I bet you […]
Today, December 21st, the winter solstice arrives. It’s the darkest day of the year, when our ancestors had no choice but to stop. Not because they were lazy or unambitious, but because the world itself demanded it. Short days, long nights, and the simple biological truth that human beings cannot extract indefinitely without breaking. They […]
“The market demands higher returns.” You’ve heard it. Maybe you’ve said it. My journey in the C-suite spanned 30 years, and not once did the market come knocking on my door. But you know who did? Private equity firms with term sheets. Activist investors with 2% stakes and PowerPoint decks. But never the stock […]
It’s early Sunday morning. November 2nd. Coffee in hand. Still buzzing. Last night, the World Series ended in heartbreak for the Blue Jays. I’m not even a huge baseball fan, but I watched every pitch of that game. And this morning, I can’t stop thinking about what I saw. Not the stats. Not the plays. […]
Have you ever thought about the underlying reason behind why we get mad? Why that white hot flame explodes? The ONLY reason we ever get mad is because we have lost control of the situation. And the truth is, we humans want, love, and need control. Of course we do. It’s hardwired into us. We’ve […]
I’ve been thinking about the state of the world these days. Aren’t we all? And right now, something we could use more of is resilience. Too many people tell me I have resilience in spades. That’s what it might look like on the outside. Inside is a different story. My secret? You don’t build resilience […]
I had a friendly dust-up this week with an old colleague about a term that, at least to me, feels like fingernails on chalkboards. Servant Leadership. Y’know that lovely, friendly term that means NO leadership! It’s the catchphrase that gets thrown around as if it’s the gold standard we should all aspire to. Here’s what […]
The other week, I found myself in one of those conversations that makes you question everything. I was interviewing a potential podcast guest about dyslexia. Specifically, how we can communicate better with neurodiverse minds. Because if we can identify, isolate, and then utilize the most effective ways of communicating with neurodiverse minds, we can […]
Do you remember the old M&Ms commercial? “Melts in your mouth, not in your hand?” I think of that line every time I mess up. Several years ago, I heard an analogy that stopped me in my tracks. It was so brilliant I immediately claimed it as my own. Now, let’s be honest, this is what […]