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I write essays and reflections that honour the deeply human truths inside systems of technology and change.

In today’s volatile business environment, calm has become a competitive advantage. Markets move fast. Information overload is constant. Teams are

With digital transformation, AI, and social change – the autocratic and transactional contracts began to fail. Autocratic leadership influenced the

Real system change is messy and multi-agent. It is not a series of isolated strategic choices by singular leaders. In

When I was brought in as a consultant for a B2B SaaS platform serving nonprofit organizations, the leadership team flagged

In the last few years, Revenue Operations (RevOps) has become one of the hottest topics in B2B growth, and for

Bushidō was a strategic code for conduct under pressure. This essay reframes seven core tenets as modern leadership principles for those building systems where ethics, clarity, and scale must coexist.

I write and make art to process the world. This is how I stay sharp, human, and honest – while growing, parenting, and building systems that scale.

What’s your AI optimizing for, and how does it know it’s off course? A guide for strategic leaders building systems that learn.

This piece explores de-escalation as a survival skill – not just for crisis teams, but for leaders navigating tension, trust, and power dynamics in real time.
This is a space where I share my thoughts with the curious who know where to look. From Revenue Operations to Responsible AI, from leadership under pressure to the quiet work of trust, my essays are field notes at the edge of systems and selves. You’ll find strategy grounded in practice, stories drawn from lived experience, and reflections meant to steady leaders navigating change. Some posts are technical (like how HubSpot and Salesforce enable RevOps), others are human (letters to leaders, builders, and graduates). All of them circle the same question: how do we stay meaningful, aligned, and human in systems that are always shifting?
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