A newsletter for professionals who are prepared to do the harder, more meaningful work.
There is a quiet danger in leadership that rarely announces itself in crisis. It hides instead in success, in clean reports, upward trends, and reassuring margins. It is the danger of believing your profit and loss statement tells you the whole truth. But what if your strongest quarter is also your most misleading signal? What [...]
I joined a couple of my nurse informaticist friends for brunch over the weekend, and our conversation naturally turned to healthcare AI. The discussion prompted me to reflect on what is often described as the “safety vs. velocity” paradox in implementing AI in healthcare. In my professional opinion, this tension only exists if speed and [...]
There are moments in life that refuse to be reduced to mere memory. They insist on becoming markers, quiet inflection points that recalibrate how you see yourself, your work, and your responsibility to the world. I was recently invited into one such moment: an intimate women’s circle dinner. The kind of space where conversation is [...]
I love it when my interests intersect and more so when I need to pull-on my Improvement Scientist hat to research a gap! For centuries, the global alcohol industry has relied on a simple biological assumption: the human palate is stable enough to sustain a culture of flavor. The recognizable tannins of a Cabernet Sauvignon, [...]
Yesterday I spent the day in St. Helena at the Annual Global Wine Conversations hosted by G3 at The Culinary Institute of America, Greystone. It was, by every measure, a remarkable gathering. Conversations were rich, the company generous, and the intellectual spirit of the room unmistakable. We spent part of the day blind tasting wines, [...]
Leaders, we need an honest conversation about visibility and value, particularly for those who are minority stakeholders in their industries. We are at the tail end of Black History Month and the invitations to keynote/panel or serve Wachira Wines at events, after generous acknowledgments of our achievements and public presence, have been at an all-time [...]
The world has lost Rev. Jesse Jackson, a preacher, organizer, and architect of dignity whose voice reshaped what leadership sounds like when it speaks for humanity. Many today may know the name without fully appreciating the scale of his impact. To me, he was not only a civil rights figure but a systems thinker who [...]
In the third session of our transition coaching, we discuss the moment every founder encounters sooner than expected: the realization that there is no cover. No hierarchy to escalate to.No brand name to borrow credibility from.No institutional shield between you and the consequence of your decisions. Entrepreneurial judgment, without cover, is exposed, personal, and often [...]
Regret rarely announces itself loudly. Instead, it lingers in the background of strategic reviews, team reflections, and late-night thinking after a long day of decisions. It whispers questions that begin with “What if…” and “If only…” I’ve come to recognize how often regret tries to occupy mental space that I simply cannot afford to give. [...]
What happens when the title you have carried for 20 years no longer introduces you? For many senior executives, the decision to leave corporate life and step into entrepreneurship is framed as a bold, strategic move. It is often presented as a story of courage, vision, and ambition. What is rarely discussed is the deeply [...]