The Productivity Gap

The Productivity Gap

Greg came into my office, closed the door, and sat down. It was a Friday morning, and I had a pretty big pile of work to finish before the week was out. I wasn’t down for idle chitchat. I looked up. Greg had tears in his eyes. I was the senior associate in the...
AI Won’t Save You From The Treadmill

AI Won’t Save You From The Treadmill

AI has arrived with the same old promise. More efficiency. More productivity. More speed. More time. We’ve heard this before. Email was going to save us time. Smartphones were going to save us time. Zoom was going to save us time. The cloud was going to save us time....
The Hidden Cost of Busyness

The Hidden Cost of Busyness

No doubt you’re busy. Which might be a good thing. But, what’s easy to miss is that busyness has a cost. A cost many professionals don’t recognize until a lot of time has already slipped by. When your days are packed from morning to evening, your attention...
What Will Your Costume Be?

What Will Your Costume Be?

What are you gonna be for Halloween? Who are you going to dress up as? Masks and costumes. Parties and planning. Fervor, festivities, and fever pitch. Bigger than Christmas it seems. What is it about Halloween that so excites, that so sparks the imagination?...
When You’re Tired, Do This

When You’re Tired, Do This

So many people are exhausted right now. Maybe it’s the constant churn of the news cycle. Maybe it’s the unease in the markets. Maybe it’s the angry voices and the sense of cultural uncertainty. Maybe it’s all of it, piled on top of the already heavy load of work and...