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.
Standing Room Only: What Actually Matters When Everything Else Falls Away
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about what we’re actually building with our lives.
When Everything’s Fake, Trust Becomes Currency: Why the Relationship Economy Just Won Everything
I got a resume last week that looked perfect. I mean absolutely perfect. The experience lined up exactly with what my client needed. The accomplishments were impressive but not unbelievable. The progression made sense. Even the writing was …
You Can’t Build a Power Plant Overnight: The Infrastructure Reality Nobody’s Pricing In
Let me tell you about a conversation that’s been nagging at me since last night.
Let Me Tell You Something Nobody Wants to Hear: I Don’t Work for You
I need to have a conversation that’s going to disappoint some people. Maybe frustrate others. But I’d rather shoot straight with you than let you operate under assumptions that’ll waste your time.
The Real Cost of Going It Alone: Why Smart Companies Partner with Headhunters
Let me tell you about a conversation I had last month with a VP of Engineering at a growing tech company. Smart guy, good team, real business. His VP of Product had left three months prior, and they were trying to fill the role internally. …
When the Gold Rush Ends: What Happens to Hiring When the AI Bubble Bursts
Listen, I’ve been in this game long enough to recognize the sound of hoofbeats heading toward a cliff. Earlier in my career I watched the dot-com boom turn into the dot-com bust, and what I’m seeing now in this AI frenzy has that same famil…
When the Market Gets Tough, Channel Your Inner New Orleans
I’m sitting in the French Quarter this morning, watching this city wake up the way it always does – with music spilling out of doorways, people laughing over coffee, and that unmistakable energy that says “we’re going to make today count, n…
The Conversation Revolution: Why Voice and NLP Are the Real Game Changers
Sitting here this morning, watching the Tennessee landscape come alive, and something’s been gnawing at me about this whole AI conversation…
The Human Element: Why Entry-Level Hiring Is About to Surge
Sitting here this morning, coffee still steaming, thinking about a conversation I had with some bright college students yesterday. Got me pondering something that’s been rolling around in my mind for months now…
Where Did Common Sense Ride Off To?
Sitting here with my morning coffee, watching middle Tennessee come alive with that first light, and I keep thinking about something that’s been nagging at me…