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It’s Not Burnout
When where you matter has changed I spoke with a longtime friend recently. We’ve known each other since third

Stop Staying Busy. Start Being Relevant
I haven’t written a What’s Next piece since early December. Not because I ran out of ideas, but because

Mental Fitness: The Muscle We Forget to Train
Its time our heads have a training program, too When I was at the gym this weekend, trying to

What We’re Really Choosing This Thanksgiving
And it may not be family anymore For years, my Thanksgiving message has always been about why we should

What I Discovered in the Potter’s Studio
Seeing the small things that shape our What’s Next A few weeks ago, Sheila and I were in Taos

The Future of Work is Here
Are You? Amazon announced this week that it’s laying off 14,000 employees—about 5% of its workforce. Paramount Skydance is
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No One Gets Out of Here Alive
We spent the week just south of Taos, New Mexico, near the Rio Grande Gorge, accompanying my brother-in-law, Miles,

Time for your Annual Review, Nellie
(In keeping with my exploration of how Artificial Intelligence is changing the workplace and our world, I thought I

Why Do We Hate Each Other… Even on July 4th?
In the movie The American President, Annette Bening plays a lobbyist who falls for Michael Douglas, the President. During

The Future of Work
When AI Clocks In and We Clock Out One of my nonprofit clients, who runs adolescent treatment centers, recently

Everybody’s a Coach These Days
And that’s not always a good thing. My clients often tell me that working together feels like therapy. I

Can I Get Some…Satisfaction?
One of my father’s best qualities was his ability to be satisfied with what he had. He didn’t just