Essays on creative leadership,
culture, and the human side of work.
Published weekly, with an original illustration. Two series: Becoming and Advisory Notes.
I know how it feels to be let go, what being fired does to us… and how to move forward and heal.
Asking questions deepens and enriches conversations, helping us build relationships with clients beyond the immediate project.
There’s a concise method to get any client at any scale to commit to you in the moment.
We’ve come full circle. We’re all artists once again AI lets you create art without learning traditional skills. AI is a tool that gives anyone the ability to create art. Some early human –– hundreds of thousands of years ago –– must have picked up a stick and delighted in drawing in the dirt. In…
I walked, didn’t run, past the cow. Sure, this wasn’t going well. But not wanting to seem uncool –– I was sixteen after all –– I moved with a swager and self-assurance I didn’t have. As planned, Oscar Miller picked me up midday at the crossroads where the Greyhound bus dropped me. Loading my bag…
Ushered into what I assumed was the boardroom, I could feel my ankles begin to itch –– a sure sign that I knew deep down this could go badly. I’ve known since I was nine or ten that anxiety is the cause of my ankles’ itching. If the itch gets bad enough, it’s nearly impossible…
Asking for a raise or increasing your fees feels riskier than ever. Corporate layoffs announced daily. CEOs, CMOs, and other top positions constantly changing. Yet, corporations holding more cash now than any time in history Stock market is erratic. AI is taking and disrupting white-collar jobs. University degrees no longer guarantee success. U.S. gov laying…