Ai Readiness

Weak leaders pass pressure down. Strong leaders provide top cover. For seven years, I worked as a defense contractor inside the Pentagon. One leadership principle stayed with me: Top Cover. It is the leader’s job to…

I was one decision away from throwing my future. Then 8 people told me the truth. In college, I skipped classes, partied, and came one decision away from wasting my potential. But my math professors saw something I di…

Age didn’t slow me down. It finally set me free. At 56, I relaunched my business. Not despite my age, but because of it. My path wasn’t linear: ⏰ At 26, earned my Ph.D. ⏰ At 35, became a Fortune 500 Tech Executive. ⏰ …

$50M was at risk. We had 5 days to save it. I’ve always been known as a problem solver. Not because I was the smartest person in the room. Not because I had all the answers. Not because I had the best ideas. But beca…

I thought she’d change my career. She nearly ended it. I joined a new company because of a woman I met at a conference. She was sharp and confident. She spoke like someone who built careers. Have you ever trusted a l…

Great title. Wrong room. Years ago, I met a woman at a conference in DC. She offered me an executive opportunity with a high-tech company in Atlanta. On paper, it looked like a great next step. I even shared the mic…

“Urgent” almost cost us $100K. That mistake changed how I lead. That’s what my customer kept saying. Every email marked “ASAP.” Every request needed “immediate attention.” My team was drowning in priorities. Deadline…

I thought the title proved I’d made it. What happened next exposed everything. I was hired to build a new business area. I shared the mic with the CEO at a national trade show. From the outside, it looked like a big w…

ChatGPT users are switching to Claude in a 1,487% surge (Forbes). But not for the reason you think. This isn’t about a better AI. It’s about a better way of working. Most people are still using AI like this: • Open a …