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Tribalism and Curiosity… What We Lose When We Stop Asking
“One of the great casualties of tribalism is curiosity. And when we are no longer curious, when we don’t try to imagine or understand what another person is thinking or feeling or where her pain comes from, our hearts begin to narrow. We become less compassionate and...
A Resilient Talent Strategy Isn’t Generational… It’s Intergenerational
Back in November, my friend Carson Hornsby shared a LinkedIn post about corporate talent strategy that got me thinking. The conversation started with Gen Z, retention, and the increasingly short amount of time many younger employees are staying in jobs. But Carson...
Toxic Capitalism
A while back, someone posted that another name for an Alpha Male, or toxic masculinity, is simply an asshole. I laughed and added, “And its economics sister, for the more nerdy Alpha Males… Toxic Capitalism.” It was meant to be funny, a throwaway comment. But the more...
The Return on Relationship Endures
For most of my life, I've often been the one who reached out, not because I felt obligated, but because I genuinely enjoyed investing in the relationships in my life. Be it a phone call, a text, lunch, coffee, a birthday message, or simply checking in to let someone...
Your Audience Has an Audience… And That’s the Point
Stop Optimizing for Reach... Start Optimizing for Trust Too many brands, marketers, and creators are still obsessing over who their audience is... demographics, titles, follower counts, neat little personas. That's table stakes, and it's no longer enough. The real...
The Choice to Keep Loving
Over the past year or so, I've written quite a bit about hope, fatherhood, letting go without giving up, and learning to go where the love is. Looking back, I realize those posts have all been helping me work through the same question, even if I didn't fully recognize...