Human-Centered Leadership in the Age of AI

Founders Diary #1

An experiment in working in public as I build a new company.

Human-Centered Organizations in the Age of AI

Building tools and systems that serve humans — and the future.

Should Leaders Use AI at All?

Ethical and practical things to think about before you get started.

Big Bang

Laying groundwork for more human ways of working.

Something new

(and surprisingly human) I’ve been working on

Leadership Isn’t Rocket Science—It’s Harder

The Secret to Leading in Volatile Times

Culture & Complexity (1)

Why teams can be so vexing

An Update & Invitation

Cults & Me

How a Journey Through Cult Membership Informs My Life and Work

Maximize Your Team's Potential

More Than a Group

“Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships." — Michael Jordan

Strategy = Angst

“Does anybody else have any problems or fears or things that they want to say to us? Tell us now.” — Margot Robbie in development meetings for “Barbie”

The True Outcome of Leadership Team Meetings? Alignment. ✨

True leadership team meetings aren't just about ticking off items on your agenda. They're about ensuring that every team member is pulling in the same direction.

Supercharge Your Leadership Team Meetings: Transform Expense into Investment

Your leadership team meetings are more than just status updates — they're potent catalysts for your company’s future.

A Systems Approach to Organization Development

A system is a set of things — people, cells, molecules, or whatever — interconnected in such a way that they produce their own pattern of behavior over time. — Donella H. Meadows. Thinking in Systems: A Primer

Your Team is a Temple

“Maybe people don’t notice every single individual detail, but in aggregate, they’re powerful.” ― Will Guidara, in “Unreasonable Hospitality”

Beyond the Machine: Seeing Your Business as a Thriving Ecosystem

“Managers do not solve problems, they manage messes.” — Russell L. Ackoff (Professor of Management Science at the Wharton School)

Building a Cult-Like Culture

“We are not thinking machines that feel, we are feeling machines that think.” — Neuroscientist António R. Damásio in Descarte’s Error

Change Starts at The Center

“Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;” — William Butler Yeats, The Second Coming

Why Teams?

“Less is more.” —Mies Van Der Rohe

What is an effective team?

"Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much." — Helen Keller

Difficult conversations can’t be ignored, only postponed.

“Abandon the idea of being fearless, and instead walk directly into your fears, with your values as your guide, toward what matters to you. Courage is not an absence of fear; courage is fear walking.” — Susan David in The Emotional Agility Manifesto

Everything In Its Right Place

Designing for Diversity