Beyond the badge
A walking deck without the human is just a résumé in slide form. Here’s what grounds my thinking when I’m not in meetings.
The phrase I use instead of “lifelong learner”
Always on learner. Not because I’ll ever finish learning — but because curiosity is the default setting. Every customer conversation, every failed initiative, every successful transformation teaches me something about what’s real and what’s hype.
What I’m doing when I’m not on a call
- Father, husband, friend first. The job is meaningful work, not the measure of the man.
🎵 Music & Creative Work
Creative pursuits that keep me thinking differently. Some of my best strategic insights come after hours in the studio, not in the conference room.
💻 Tech Experiments
Building things with AI, static site generators, new platforms. Keeps me honest about what's real capability and what's marketing. Helps me understand customer transformation challenges firsthand.
👨👩👧👦 Family Time
The reason any of the rest of it matters. Keeps me grounded in what's actually important.
🤝 Building Teams & Culture
Programs like TLD and the HLS TLC shaped how I lead. I try to pay it forward — mentoring people, building teams others want to join, developing the next generation of leaders.
What I’m reading / studying right now
- Transformation and change leadership — ADKAR, organizational psychology, Kotter’s work. How do you move an organization through change?
- The Challenger Sale and strategic selling — Not closing deals, but helping leaders challenge their own assumptions and see new possibilities.
- Vision-building and strategy — How do you help an executive leadership team move from “where are we” to “where are we going” and why.
The through-line: The same curiosity that makes me useful in the boardroom fuels what I do outside of work. They’re not separate. They’re the same person.