Are we getting stupid?

I have a confession. I use AI every day. I find it genuinely remarkable. It helps me think faster, research deeper, and draft things I would have spent hours on. I am not anti-AI. Not even close. But I am starting to worry. A colleague of mine, Alex Meyer, lives and...

Values don’t obey

You can post them on the wall. You can print them on the coffee mugs, stitch them into the onboarding deck, and recite them at the all-hands meeting. And then watch them do nothing. Values don’t work like policies. You cannot install them. You cannot enforce...

Swim across the lake

I have been there. Clinging to the edge of the pool, telling myself I was swimming. Learning a new language is humbling in ways I did not fully anticipate. The anxiety is real. The frustration is real. The quiet voice that whispers, “You are not good enough at...

The loneliest chair

The corner office comes with a view. It also comes with silence. Ask any CEO about the hardest part of their role, and many will tell you the same thing: it’s lonely up here. Not lonely in the sense of being alone, but lonely in the way that matters. No one to...

Get a dog

We say we want advice. What we really want is someone to nod along. To affirm the path we’ve already chosen. To tell us we’re brilliant for thinking exactly what we’re already thinking. That’s not advice. That’s a mirror with a voice....