The Intersection
The way we work, grow, and succeed is changing. I’m here to explore what that means for you and your company. This blog is a collection of insights, strategies, and reflections designed to help individuals take ownership of their career and life and help companies create a space where team members thrive.
I pull from books, podcasts, research, and personal experiences to uncover practical ways to stabilize, grow, and thrive in today’s evolving world. If you’re looking to create a stronger, more sustainable foundation for your career or the company you are part of, this is the place.
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Do You Really Talk Like This?
I’m at an interesting point with AI. I love some things and I’m growing irritated with others. People are referring to “AI slop”. The massive amount of low-quality, mass-produced content created by AI. This “slop” can lack accuracy, effort, and originality. There is...
Do. Be. Become. Belong.
In 2022, Occupational Scientist Ann Wilcock wrote a paper that suggested: “We are all in a constant loop of being, doing, and becoming.” Her work also including a 4th element – belonging, that was explored further here. The framework suggests that health stems from...
Weekly Summary – 3.7.26
This week, the highlight takes a shift from personal branding & self-development to marketing and the evolution of organizational structures. The landscape of marketing (and employment in general) has been shifting since the Great Recession (around 2010). The...
Find Your Socks
When you leave the security of a full-time job, you lose financial stability. Some leave by choice. Others do not. The result is the same. There is no check arriving in the mail. As a result, you pull back to the basics. Quickly calculating a “financial floor” where...
Organizational Structures
I’ve always been focused on organization. Data. Trends. Customer Segmentation. Information. Closets. Pantries. You name it, I look for structure in chaos. I want to find ways to sort, group, and organize to make systems better. Throughout my career, an area that I’m...
The Evolution of Marketing
Marketing and advertising have evolved over the years, but many structures remain. I’m seeing the collision of trends in three areas that indicate we might be on the edge of reimagining how the industry operates. Both marketing teams inside organizations and their...
One Idea
Have you read The Let Them Theory by Mel Robins? I read it about a year ago and continue to think about the beginning of the book – her story. She talked about her path and how she came to write this book as well as her prior books. What struck me is the succinct...
Shared Improvement
I had the opportunity to be part of an author talk with Dan Coyle, author of the newly published book Flourish: The Art of Building Meaning and Fulfillment. I reviewed the book a couple weeks ago and found the questions and conversations in the book talk to be equally...
Weekly Summary – 2.28.26
This week, I’m going to highlight two posts that I hope will help you manage your career. The first is titled Career Fingerprint. This post highlights a great company that I’ve come across that can help organize all your work history and keep it updated on a regular...
Career Financials
When we think about the financials of our career, we often go straight to salary. When considering job moves, we also compare insurance and days off. However, we rarely put all the financial aspects of our career on paper. We don’t consider the cost impact of...
Career Fingerprint
Several months ago, I came across a resource that I believe should be foundational to personal career management. It’s a company called Career Fingerprint. You can use their site to capture your skills and accomplishments on a regular basis. Keep resumes organized....
Why Is It So Hard To See Ourselves?
The more people I coach, the more I hear a theme. We can see strengths and opportunities in others. We struggle with ourselves. We are too close to the situation. Too in our head…literally! We know too much. We lack objectivity. I get frustrated at how easily I can...
Understanding Our State of Mind
Over the years, I’ve realized the importance of naming what I’m feeling. I have used the feelings wheel to dig into the specific emotions. However, what I didn’t realize was that feelings can lead to states of mind. A feeling happens in the moment while a state of...
7-Year Cycles After 50
Last week, I wrote about 7-year cycles and my experiences with them. The background of this idea ranges from philosophical to biological. The beauty of the cycles is that it suggests life is not one long beginning, middle, and end. Rather, we have multiple cycles of...
Weekly Summary – 2.21.26
This week, I want to highlight a post I wrote on 7-Year Cycles. I’ve always felt like my life moves in 7-year increments and there are beliefs out there that suggest this might be true. This post explores the idea and how it has impacted my story. Since I wrote the...