May 2026

On Thursday I co-facilitated a workshop with Brian Greenwald of The Benevolence Group on the topic of business brand. He introduced a really interesting concept: Brand Delta. Brand Delta is the gap between what you say you are and what people actually experience when they work with you. You can’t control your brand. You can only influence it. It

Last week, I got an official ADHD diagnosis.  When I saw it in my health app, my first reaction was bittersweet. I wondered who I might have been without ADHD all my life. I thought about who I’ve ultimately become by trying to mask and control it.  It’s a lot to process, but I’m not

I want to clear something up. When people find out what I do for work, a few assumptions are made. That my whole business is automated. That I’m running AI tools around the clock. That I have some perfectly systematized machine humming in the background while I sip coffee and watch leads roll in. I

I’ve always been the person who leaves their coffee in the microwave and finds it three hours later. Completely normal Tuesday for me. But a couple of years ago, I started forgetting to eat. (If you know me, you know that’s not like me.) Lunch would still be sitting in the microwave at 4pm. Then

Everybody’s talking about AI right now, and if you’re a solo business owner or have a very small team, it’s easy to feel like you’re behind if you’re not using it much. Here’s what I’m actually seeing with my clients: they don’t need fancy AI tools. They need systems thinking. Most small business owners are drowning