I remember the first time I felt stuck as a Product Manager. I was deep in execution mode - writing specs, prioritizing features, jumping from meeting to meeting, making sure everything was on track. It felt productive. It felt necessary. And yet, something consistently ... felt off. No … [Read more...]
The Silent Erosion of Thought: How Unchecked AI Adoption is Rewiring Our Minds
I see it every day. Bright, capable students - sharp thinkers, ambitious professionals - turning to AI not as an assistant, but as an autopilot. They reach for ChatGPT before they reach for their own reasoning. They defer to algorithms before they trust their own analysis. They struggle to … [Read more...]
Burning the Ships: The Art of Leaving No Room for Retreat
There’s something deeply captivating about the phrase “burn the ships.” It’s defiant, dramatic, and unshakable - a commitment so complete that it leaves no room for retreat. The story has been told for centuries: leaders, facing impossible odds, ordering their ships destroyed to ensure their … [Read more...]
The Weight of Simplicity: Why Customers Don’t Want More Choices, Just the Right Ones
When I look back on the most meaningful experiences I’ve had as a customer, or as a consumer, it’s never the moments of overwhelming abundance that stand out. It’s the ones where the decision felt effortless, where the solution felt so perfectly aligned that it seemed the choice had already been … [Read more...]
12 Lessons (We Often Don’t Teach in School But) that Could Change Your Career Forever
There’s an illusion we all grow up believing: that success is a meritocracy, neatly charted out by hard work, good grades, and the occasional stroke of luck. But careers, like life itself, are more nuanced, more unpredictable, and more demanding of our ability to adapt, recalibrate, and redefine … [Read more...]
The Illusion of Responsibility: Who Should We Trust With Truth?
I don’t have children, nor do I blindly endorse social media or web-based businesses. But I’ve spent enough time reflecting on how profoundly these platforms affect and impact our children to know that the questions folks around me raise deserve a more thoughtful approach than either resignation or … [Read more...]
The Art of Emotional Regulation: Mastering the Space Between Meetings
In my years of leading teams and navigating the fast-paced world of business, one lesson has become clear: the ability to reset emotionally between meetings is not just a luxury - it’s a necessity. Like many professionals, I often found myself carrying the emotional weight of the conversations, … [Read more...]
The Inevitable Rise of Mark Carney: Why the 2025 Election Was Never just Poilievre’s to Win
Everyone around me had already called the election for Poilievre. They saw a struggling Liberal Party, an unpopular prime minister, and a Conservative leader who had mastered the art of political combat. The narrative was locked in: this was a change election, and Trudeau’s Liberals were … [Read more...]
The Rooms We Change, And The Ones That Change Us
The rooms we enter shape us, but the true measure of influence lies in how we shape the rooms we enter. Some rooms take the energy right out of you. You walk in, and it’s as if all the air has been drained - people are disengaged, conversations are surface-level, and nothing truly moves forward. … [Read more...]
The First Sentence Is a Promise: Earning the Reader’s Trust, One Word at a Time
Every time I sit down to write, I remind myself of a simple truth: the first sentence is a promise. It’s not just an introduction - it’s a commitment to the reader, an invitation to stay, and, most importantly, a signal that what follows will matter. Over the years, I’ve come to see writing not … [Read more...]