I love the tech industry. It’s why I got into it. And yet, alongside all of the new excitement and capabilities AI is promising, our pace of work is accelerating and creating more work for teams already at capacity. We’re adding speed to systems that weren’t built for it, and it’s starting to show up in… Continue reading AI Is Moving Fast. Time to ready our Teams.
I’ve been having a lot of conversations around Artificial Intelligence and the intersection of human elements with AI implementations. I use AI nearly every day, both personally and professionally. I’ve been using it for a while, and really ramped up my usage last spring after I presented on the topic in Vegas. I find myself both… Continue reading AI – Speed, Caution & Care
The last few months, I’ve been learning and researching articles about our collective drops in focus and attention. This research has been surprising and concerning – so much so, that it’s caused me to adjust a few things – both personally and professionally. My initial interest in this work arose from a conference I… Continue reading Focus & Attention
We’ve been talking with teams lately about shifting from Awareness to Action. Below is a simple practice of bringing something from Awareness to Action. It’s a simple 5-Step process we utilize here as a Team. Whether you apply it towards showing gratitude, as a step towards self-care, or integrating powerful work through boundaries or structural… Continue reading Moving from Awareness to Action
Change and Hope are just on the horizon. That’s a good thing, because we need it. Our collective pain is high right now. We can see it in the stats and research on burnout and overwhelm, drops in employee engagement and the lowest productivity in decades. But more importantly, we can see it in ourselves, our colleagues, families and even communities. We don’t… Continue reading Change & Hope: Tackling Burnout
As you know, my sweet spot is the interplay of three key spaces: Boundaries, Balance, and Outcomes. I love this space. I think it’s because it is both challenging – and so very rewarding… There’s an inherent tension amidst these three worlds. Each of these items can be viewed and addressed independently, and yet, that’s… Continue reading Psychological Safety
Just this last spring, Harvard Business Review published an article titled “Leading an Exhausted Workforce”. I absolutely loved this article. I loved that the author so blatantly calls out that we are still – yes still – exhausted. It’s what I see. It’s what I hear. On a regular basis. The acknowledgement and validation of… Continue reading Calculated Steps
In my 20s, I was told by multiple mentors never to “burn a bridge” at work. Even when you wanted to – even though it might be justified – and even when it would never be crossed again. Avoid burning them, at all cost. The inner me rebelled at this a bit. My ego has… Continue reading Building Bridges
The best teams I’ve been part of always had two traits: 1) the team members were highly connected with each other and 2) they were wildly open – due to the trust and goodwill deeply embedded in the team. Working on these teams was a gift. The work was fun, good humor abounded, and the… Continue reading Powerful Work Cultures: Connection, Creativity & Trust
I was discussing recently with a client, that the start of 2021 feels a bit like “April in Alaska”. We can finally feel the warmth of the sun on our cheeks, and the grass is seen peeking out beyond the bottom of spruce trees. Iced walkways and slippery roads have finally departed and the earthy… Continue reading Support in Times of Transition
