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95% of companies got zero ROI from AI. Did you?
So you “implemented AI” but you’re not seeing actual return? You hired consultants. They conducted an assessment. They interviewed your team. They got paid. But you can’t explain what the ROI is, if there even is any. Study after study echoes what you’re seeing: the way most companies roll out AI solutions is just…
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Stop Wishing for AI Magic. Start Doing the Work.
I saw an article in the New York Times this week that rang so true to me. I found myself nodding along to almost every point it made, which is rare. I see a lot of pieces where I agree with parts, and then either shake my head vehemently at other parts or at least…
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Why Do I Do What I Do? It Took a Year + 25 Years to Get it Right.
I joined a networking group last week. Before I left my corporate job a year ago I didn’t even know groups like these exist. In the last 6 months I visited various groups 5 different times and am now a card-carrying member of one (shout out to NIA Eastside!). One of the first steps after…
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I Finally Learned To See a Golf Tournament as Legitimate Time Off. I’m Enjoying Every Second Of It.
This week I’m playing in the SWGA Seattle City Championship at the Plateau Club in Sammamish, WA. It’s four days of competitive golf, and I am here for all of it — fully present, guilt-free, and not checking my email between holes. This the first time I’ve done this, and it’s a bigger deal than…
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Be Careful What You Wish For: Reflections on My 1-Year Layoff-iversary
I used to struggle to carve out time to work out. For more than 5 years my days started with calls with my overseas team members starting as early as 7am and ran straight through the afternoon. I was grateful for a break for dinner and some personal time before the evening calls started. It…
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The “Reviewed by Human” Label Is Doing More Harm Than Good
A headline in a tech newsletter caught my eye recently. It was about Amazon’s new AI-based recruiting system and a design philosophy called “humorphism” — the idea of adapting technology to human workflows rather than forcing humans to adapt to technology. I like the focus on human-first in an AI world, maybe that’s deserving of…
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Why Being Small Is Your Competitive Advantage in the Age of AI
We’ve all heard the line, that the titanic doesn’t turn on a dime. It’s a bit morbid, and true not just for large ships but large companies too. Big organizations move slowly, and in the current AI revolution, that slowness puts them at a disadvantage. If you run a small business, that’s good news for…
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Your Employees Are Already Using AI. Do You Have a Plan?
Most of the business leaders I talk to assume their employees aren’t using AI because the company hasn’t explicitly mandated or encouraged it. That assumption is one of the most common blind spots I encounter. Why? Because their employees almost certainly are using AI. Recent surveys put regular AI usage for work somewhere between 28…
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The Overlooked AI Use Case That Quietly Saves Hours Every Week
All over the tech press and in most of the LinkedIn posts I see, the conversation is about transformation: entire workflows reinvented, jobs redefined. Everyone is predicting that our work life will look dramatically different very soon thanks to AI (whether we like it or not). That conversation is worth having, because that future is…
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The real story of vibe coding isn’t being told
The “I built an app in an afternoon” narrative is everywhere. What it leaves out is the part where the app actually has to work. Scroll through any tech-adjacent feed right now and a pattern emerges. Influencers are posting about AI with a particular kind of confidence — not just that the tools are impressive,…