Try This: The Emotional Triggers Self-Assessment Exercise for Teams
Dragons, Disney, and Difficult Conversations
AI + Identity (What’s In It For Me?)
Failure Bow: Learn by Doing
Know When to Quit (The Myth of “Do It All”)
The Emotions of Change (Grief + Acceptance)
Last Wednesday I spent the morning crying my eyes out. It was my son Milo's first day of pre-school and I was simply not emotionally prepared for the crush of feelings that moment would bring. Joy at the thought of him having the opportunity to be able to make new friends, learn new skills and experience a much bigger world.
The “I” in DEI
The combination of words “Diversity, Equity and Inclusion” have been co-opted by disingenuous and craven lunatics.
These words each have real meanings. Here they are:
Diversity: A wide range of visible and invisible differences that exist among people. These include values, religion/beliefs, cognitive/educational training, sexual orientation/expression, physical differences, experiences, backgrounds, preferences, and behaviors.
Sesame Street in the Zoom Room
I’ve been watching a lot of Sesame Street lately. Perhaps it’s because I live with a two year old. That could be part of it.
But also, I’ve been watching through the lens of a workshop facilitator. Specifically, I’m learning some great lessons! And no, not just that sharing is good and that Cookie Monster should probably be drinking more water. The lesson i’m learning is all about curiosity.
Can AI Improvise?
Six years ago, I wrote a blog post titled “Can AI-Powered Robots Have a Point of View?”. I recently came across a BBC mini-docuentary following up on the AI improv team, so I was drawn to revisit my old blog post given the sheer amount of change in this space.
So what did I do? The first thing lots of people are doing in 2025 - I plugged it into ChatGPT with the following prompt:
Where do you take your AI teammates to Lunch?
The idea of AI agents making their way into the workforce has been heavily discussed in the news, industry and every HR and leadership conference I’ve spoken at over the last few months.
As a speaker and facilitator, the topic I’m curious about is how should people managers approach the idea of managing and leading hybrid teams of humans and trained AI agents?
