Featured Articles from my newsletter – Business At The Speed of AI.
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The Relentless Pursuit of More: Saquon Barkley – A Historic Season In The Making
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Every now and then, the sports world gifts us a performance so exceptional that it transcends the game itself. It becomes a testament to resilience, humility, and the relentless pursuit of more. This season, Saquon Barkley is giving us that performance.
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Corporate America Is Failing Women — 48 Years Is Far Too Long to Wait for Equality
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Achievement knows no gender. — Jeremy Victor — First in 1963, and again in 1974, women were promised equality in the workplace. Yet decades later, women are still waiting. In this article, I dive into the staggering realities of gender parity and explore why corporate America continues to fail women.
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Breaking Barriers: Jenny Cavnar and the Power of Equality in Sports
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Jenny Cavnar is set to make history as the first female play-by-play MLB analyst for the Oakland Athletics. But this isn’t just a personal milestone—it’s a sign of a shifting landscape in sports and beyond. What if giving women bigger microphones isn’t just about equality, but about unlocking untapped excellence?
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Sharks vs AI vs Humans – Human Will Wins Every Time
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Dario Amodei claims AI will surpass human intelligence by 2027. But does that mean the end of humanity as we know it—or the beginning of something greater? From fire to the internet, humans have adapted and thrived. What if AI isn’t our competition but our greatest opportunity yet?
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Modern Work Ethics: Building Trust in the Age of AI
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Trust is the oxygen of modern work. Without it, even the best-designed systems collapse. As work evolves at AI speed, success isn’t about where you work—it’s about how you show up, with integrity and purpose. Here’s a framework for building trust and balance in today’s workplace…
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Leading Without Looking: Trust as the Currency of Modern Day Work
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As companies rush back to old models of oversight and control, there’s a better way forward. Explore why trust—not surveillance—is the true currency of modern work, and learn how high-character leadership can transform the employee-employer relationship in our AI-driven age. This fresh framework for building trust challenges the return-to-office mandates and paternalistic thinking holding organizations back.
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2025: The Year Everything Changes At Work
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2025 Workplace Predictions: The year AI and human potential converge. Drawing from my experience as Noom’s Chief Customer Officer and Gen Z coach, I explore five transformative shifts reshaping work – from new AI-human roles to the death of 9-5. Discover why human potential, not artificial intelligence, will drive tomorrow’s success.
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How an Unattainable Goal and Rucking Changed My Life: A Journey from Better to More
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From triathlon obsession to hitting reset at 48, my fitness journey revealed a surprising truth: chasing finish lines was keeping me from real transformation. Discover how a simple practice called “rucking” changed everything I thought I knew about sustainable wellness, and why the answer to lasting change might be simpler than we think.
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Why More Men Should Be Listening to Melinda French Gates Right Now
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It’s no secret that the challenges we face in today’s workforce demand more than just solutions. They require a shift in how we lead, how we think, and how we listen. As leadership models evolve and old paradigms are questioned, Melinda French Gates stands out as a voice we can all learn from—especially men in leadership.
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The Future Belongs to Those Who Modernize
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We live in a world that, in many ways, hasn’t caught up with the speed of our own progress. For example, election results in the U.S. are gathered through fifty different state systems, all feeding into the Associated Press, which then calls the outcome. This approach doesn’t just feel archaic, it is—rigid and resistant to change—revealing that many structures we rely on daily are overdue for modernization. This rigidity is a hallmark of outdated systems.
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Fall of the “Don’t Be Evil” Empire – OpenAI Comes For Google
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OpenAI’s Search Land Grab For over two decades, Google has ruled the internet as the default gateway to information, securing immense power over search and capturing user trust with its once-iconic motto: “Don’t Be Evil.” In its early years, Google wasn’t just a search engine; it was the ‘in-crowd,’ a leap from the days of …
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Ignore These 5 Predictions at Your Peril: The Tectonic Shifts Shaping the Next Decade of Work
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The Next Decade Will Disrupt Several Rigid Ideas and Traditions of Work Summary What if the most profound shifts shaping the future of work were already in motion, hidden in plain sight? As we approach 2025, five tectonic forces are quietly transforming everything we know about leadership, productivity, and organizational success. As the Chief Customer …
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A Word On More
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Unlocking the potential within ourselves and those around us. From Better to More When I first started exploring the concept of Better as a leader and coach, it felt like a natural mindset for guiding teams and individuals. The idea of Better was clear and actionable: How do we improve the way we work, lead, …
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Amazon Is Dead Wrong with Its Return-to-Work Mandate
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Return To Work Mandates Expose Rigid Thinking About the Modern Workforce. The future of work, specifically the parameters companies set where their employees do their best work for themselves AND the organization, are still being defined. The future lies in finding the balance between yesterday and tomorrow.
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The New Frontier of Work-Life Balance
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The future of work isn’t about rigid policies and clocking in from 9 to 5. It’s about understanding that work, life, and family are no longer separate compartments of our lives. They are interconnected, and companies that embrace this reality will not only retain talent but also create happier, more engaged high performance teams.