Notes from the field.
The stuff I can't stop thinking about. Relationships, hiring, the deals that happen over dinner instead of a deck, and why the way you make people feel still beats everything else. Pull up a chair.
68% vs. 1.8%. That’s Not a Statistic. That’s an indictment!
Let me give you two numbers and let them sit for a second. 68%. That’s the recidivism rate for people released from incarceration in America who don’t have naccess to stable employment and support. Two out of every three people cycling back…
The Power Of A 2nd Chance
The Weight of a Closed DoorLet me ask you something before you scroll past this.Think about a moment in your life when you needed grace. When you needed someone to look at you, not at what you did, and say I still believe in you. Maybe it w…
The Talent Play Most Employers Are Completely Sleeping On
Let me just say this plainly because I think it needs to be said.
The Rot-Com Bubble: Oh Look, Another Tech Savior That’s Just Software’s Midlife Crisis in Disguise
Hey degenerates and spreadsheet warriors, it’s your favorite truth-bomb-dropping gremlin, Spinman, back to ruin your day with reality again. Buckle up, because the “AI bubble” discourse is currently doing Olympic-level mental gymnastics to …
The Best Hire You Haven’t Made Yet
A Persevere perspective on second chance employment
Transform Your Hiring Strategy: Embrace Second Chances
THE SMARTEST HIRE YOU’LL MAKE THIS YEAR (AND THE DATA PROVES IT) Look, I’m going to be direct with you. You’ve got open positions. The labor market is tight. You’re spending thousands per hire on recruitment and training, only to watch peop…
The Data Delusion: Why Your Story Is Your Only Unfair Advantage
Look, I get it. We live in the age of metrics, dashboards, and data-driven everything. Every pitch deck needs the hockey stick graph. Every hire needs the quantified impact. Every decision needs the ROI calculation backing it up.
Context is King more now than ever!!
Why Context is the New Currency (And AI Just Made It Mandatory)
Analog is OK!!! We Need More of It!
The Analog Advantage (Or: Why Your Perfectly Polished AI Output Is Costing You Everything That Matters)Here’s what I’m seeing right now, and it’s wild!!Everyone’s scrambling to make their communication smoother, faster, more polished throug…
Happy New Year!!
Totally makes sense!! You’re absolutely right – that’s lazy writing on my part, relying on the same setup every time. Let me give you something actually fresh.