Conference room whiteboard divided into two columns labeled “My Role” and “Also Somehow My Role,” listing core duties on the left and extra responsibilities on the right with urgent sticky notes.

The Quiet Cost of Unclear Roles: “That’s Not My Job”

In the past when an employee was asked to do something that was outside of their scope in conjunction with their own work, it was at times met with a […]

A steaming bowl of “Acronym Soup” on a wooden table, with letter-shaped acronyms like SEO, AEO, SGE, SXO, PPC, CRO, UX, and SEM floating in the soup as a spoon lifts a scoop; salt and pepper shakers and a stack of papers sit blurred in the background.

Digital Strategist or Alphabet Soup? Hire for Fit, Not for FOMO

Right now, everyone wants a digital strategist. Not because they have a plan, or have assessed a gap, but because it is the current shiny job title making the rounds […]

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The Priority Tax: When AI Rewrites Who Gets Served First

Apple did not post a weak quarter, they delivered strong results and demand is not the problem. The problem is what is happening underneath the numbers: the AI infrastructure boom […]

Organizational chart with labeled department boxes under ‘CEO’ and a central highlighted blank role labeled ‘Risk and Verification?’ indicating missing accountability ownership.

Innovation Scapegoat: When Leaders Blame Technology for Bad Decisions

Once upon a time technology change moved slower, because constraints forced discipline. Release cycles were longer, security work was treated as infrastructure, training and testing were part of the cost […]

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Stability Promised, Volatility Delivered

Every few months, the future of work changes. One minute, it is remote. Then it’s hybrid. Then it’s AI. Then it’s AI replacing humans. Then it’s automation. Then it’s trades […]

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The Cost of Fragmented Feeds and Hollow Authority

There was a time when information moved together not because people agreed, but because the pathways to information were limited and shared. Before newspapers, news traveled by word of mouth: […]

A woman pauses mid-scroll on her smartphone with a skeptical expression as digital notifications float around her, symbolizing content overload, audience fatigue, and declining trust in online media.

Content Trap: Faster Content, No Human Oversight

In the past creative content was driven by something other than speed. People made content because they had something to say, not because a dashboard was blinking red or an algorithm […]

Two large circles labeled ‘What Leadership Builds’ and ‘What Users Want’ sit close together but do not overlap, with a visible gap between them labeled ‘Disconnect,’ illustrating the misalignment between organizational intent and user needs.

The Cost of Assuming to Know Your Audience

There are multiple reasons behind messaging failures but one of the top ones I have seen is the assumption that an organization message or product will automatically be accepted by […]

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Why The Lack of AI Oversight Is a Threat to Public Trust

When technology touches something as crucial as public information, the results matter not just the promise of efficiency and innovation. That’s exactly what the recent controversy at The Washington Post […]

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AI’s Dirty Secret: We Are Building Data Centers Faster Than We Are Thinking

With all this hype around AI every week from some new tool or headline, there is one thing not being talked about enough and that’s the increase of data centers; […]