Muscle Memory

Read time: 2 Minutes When I was 22, I took my first real job at Open Systems Technologies in downtown Boston, working as a recruiter. We were a technical recruiting firm, placing Java developers, program managers, financial analysts, and a long list of other roles across different industries. Open floor. Read more

Chaos to Clarity

Read on: My website Read time: 2 Minutes Most people are using NotebookLM like a research tool. Not leveraging it to its full potential. They wait until everything is neat, upload clean PDFs and polished decks, and then get exactly what you would expect: tidy summaries of tidy thinking. Safe. Read more

The Speed Trap

Read on: My website Read time: 2 Minutes In volatile markets, senior leadership rewards speed. Analysts reward speed. Media rewards speed. But markets don’t always reward speed. In uncertainty, leaders default to acceleration because visible motion feels like control. And it can backfire on them. I used to think rushing Read more

The Invisible Handshake

Read on: My website Read time: 2 Minutes I asked a senior executive at a government agency what their biggest turnoff is when they meet a customer. “Dirty and unpolished shoes.” “Really? That’s the biggest turnoff?” I replied. “Yes. If they cannot keep something as simple as their shoes shined Read more