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The Intelligence to Pause
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The Intelligence to Pause
In an age of instant answers, wiser progress begins by pausing long enough to examine how we reached a conclusion before turning it into action.
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Consistency Over Intensity
What a bike-shop mentor taught me about movement, curiosity, simplicity—and the values that help us trust ourselves and one another.
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AI Is More Than a Helpful Widget — But Only If We Redesign Work Around It
AI’s real value emerges when organizations redesign work around it instead of treating it as another helpful widget.
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A systems-minded point of view on genuine care, meaningful inquiry, and creative problem-solving.
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Pleasantly Persistent: A Better Model for B2B Brand Building
I’ve spent much of my career thinking about how B2B companies earn attention.
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All Vacuum Cleaners Suck—and in a Bad Way
A speculative product concept that asks why suction alone remains the default—and what happens when a vacuum adds physical contact.
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How to “Perso-Nose-Lize” Your Google Home
Yes, “perso-nose-lize.” That is not a typo.
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My Simple Plan for Personal Growth
Personal growth is often presented as dramatic transformation, but a simpler plan can make progress more sustainable.
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Why am I holding this corndog?
Because fear kills creativity, and humor is one of the best—and perhaps most underutilized—tools a leader has.
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The Overview Effect: What a 1968 Photograph Taught Me About Marketing Leadership
Your dashboards are the map. Your customers are the terrain. Most of us forgot the difference.
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The World’s First AI Practical Joke
A silly comic about something that might eventually become a very serious question.
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The Seventh Seal
Mara had been to holy places before. Hebron felt like a sentence still being argued over.
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Marketers Who Consistently Excel
Lessons about the values high-performing marketing professionals bring to work.
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The Job That Taught Me How To Stay Curious
At the time, I thought I knew better. The lesson was to stay curious because change is always lurking ahead.
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What Is Your Professional Horsepower?
People talk about horsepower like it means peak performance, but that isn’t what the measure was designed for.
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