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.
Let’s build something great—together!
Social Prescriptions: A New Kind of Medicine
What if your next prescription wasn’t a pill, but a paintbrush? A walk in the woods. A dance class. A volunteer shift. That’s the idea behind The Connection Cure by Julia Hotz. She explores “social prescriptions” as real tools for healing. There are five of these...
Book Review: Hate the Game
A few weeks ago, I heard about the book Hate the Game on a podcast. The author, Daryl Fairweather, was highlighting some key points from the book and I was hooked. The book focuses on how economic theories come into play in our daily life. Throughout the book she...
Persist or Pivot?
We hear about grit. The need to stick with something through the tough times to reap the benefits. Yet not everything we do will work. How do we know when to persist in the messy middle and when to pivot? I heard a good suggestion from a podcast where Pat Flynn...
Quit vs. Persist?
We’ve all been there. We start a habit or a project and after a while, we don’t see results. How do we figure out if we should quit and move on or persist for possible impact? If we persist and it fails, there are sunk costs. Yet, we likely learned something. If we...
A Blank Page
Starting. The toughest part of anything. The page is blank. Action is elusive. The pressure builds. The clock ticks. These are the moments we need to act. Starting something. Even if the something we choose is a bit off track. Momentum. Movement encourages movement....
Weekly Summary – 7.12.25
Welcome to the Saturday Summary. What I’ve Posted – Blog Summary This week, the posts focus on identifying our unique difference and leaning into the thought leadership we can provide. We might focus on content within our team, our company, our industry, or with...
Focused LinkedIn Engagement
As we begin to work on our personal brand, increasing engagement on LinkedIn is often a strategy. We start to like, comment, and share the posts of others. This is typically organic. We react to what we see in our personal feed. Over time, we understand what resonates...
Finding Your Thought Leadership
Once we leave school, it’s sometimes difficult to note our accomplishments. No grades. No degrees. No milestones to understand our proficiency. Yet, many professionals are learning and growing every day. Through on the job experience. Conferences. Co-workers....
What is Your “House Special”?
I was reading an article in the New York Times that was talking about go-to recipes. The author suggested we should have go-to recipes for entertaining. Dishes that had a signature style, but you could vary based on the switch of ingredients. For her, it was a salad...
Special Sauce
Each of us has our own “special sauce”. The mix of qualities and personality traits that make our approach unique. Ten people could have the same job, but they would each make it come to life differently. One might focus on the relationships, another on the process,...
Fingerprints Marketing
Sometimes ideas happen before their time. In fact, this feels like the story of my career. I always seem to be thinking and seeing things that are just a bit too soon. Fuel efficiency before “sustainability” was on the radar of most companies. Relationship marketing...
Weekly Summary – 7.5.25
Welcome to the Saturday Summary. What I’ve Posted – Blog Summary This week, the three posts in the middle of the week focus on organization and finding more space in our lives. The last one continues the series of ideas on how to savor our summer. Fitting In....
Game on Summer
Summer always feels like it’ll stretch on forever. But it doesn’t. If we’re not careful, we blink and it’s back-to-school, back-to-routine. This year, let’s not miss the chance to make it count. Let’s turn summer into a game worth playing. Think streaks, quests, and...
How to Take Back Control of Our Overloaded Schedules
Our lives can be crazy. Sometimes the days and weeks feel out of control. Over the last few years, I’ve written many posts about how to regain that control. Move from a defensive position in life to one of offense. Below is a summary of some of the ideas I’ve shared...
Apply “RAD” to Systems & Routines
Our lives are full of systems and routines. Often these are beneficial and necessary in our lives. Systems at work include invoicing, time logs, and other administrative tasks. Systems at home include food preparation, laundry, cleaning and so much more. Finding ways...