During his testimony, Sam Altman did something I’ve yet to see any AI do. He connected with people on a human level. Until his congressional testimony, I’d never seen Sam Altman speak before. I knew he was the CEO of OpenAI, the company responsible for ChatGPT and leading the charge…

When I first sat down to write this, I thought I’d be writing a “do’s and don’t’s” style article listing the characteristics of good and bad leaders, based on my many years of working with leaders or my own experience as a leader. But what came out was a story…

I design and facilitate workshops that help people understand and solve their toughest business challenges. I love it. I’m also a runner. I love that, too. Recently, these two worlds collided in a very unexpected way. First, the running part. 🏃🏻 For me, running really started six years ago when I decided I was going…

Love ’em or hate ’em, News Year’s Resolutions (or NYR’s as I’ll call them here) are a hot topic the first week of every year. Some people find them too artificial, feeling that it’s not what you do on January 1st, but what you do all year round. …

Picture this. A team of 15 people has a weekly project meeting. The purpose of the meeting is to share updates, exchange ideas, collaborate, and make decisions. The team has 3 “pockets” of people. Pocket 1: Five people who go to the main office and live close enough to make…

I was quickly falling apart, and my legs felt as if someone had poured cement inside them. My joints exploded with every step. What was this… water dripping from my eyes? Was I… crying?? My head throbbed. I’d gone out way too fast, something every runner knows you shouldn’t do…

Let me tell you a story. It’s one that I’m not proud of but if it hadn’t happened, I wouldn’t have learned a very valuable lesson. Spoiler alert: you may never build roadmaps the same way again. I’d been on the job for two months. I was brought in to…

Meetings are the lifeblood of many organizations. Want to know the health of your organization? Examine your meetings. Conducting surveys and interviewing staff members are tactics that might give you some smoke signals. But, if you want to find the fires, take a hard look at your meetings. While many…

I walked into the meeting and spotted an open seat. It was just about to begin. I didn’t recognize anyone, but that wasn’t a surprise. The subject line of the meeting read “Project Kickoff” and I hadn’t recognized the names in the invite. I nodded a polite hello to the…