Writing · 8 essays on file
Essays, in his own words.
On AI, education, building businesses, and the next generation. Published here first; this archive is the source of record.
8 of 8 essays
- Strategy · July 21, 2026Who Owns the Future?
AI will be defined by remarkable technology. But history tends to remember something simpler: not who built the most, but who owned it.
- Ventures · June 22, 2026The Goonies Never Said “Good Enough”
One of the advantages of spending nearly three decades building businesses is that patterns start to reveal themselves. At some point, you stop looking at products and start looking at industries. You stop looking at trends and start looking at behavior.
- Advisory & Consulting · May 26, 2026A Fool With a Tool Is Still a Fool: Why Schools Need to Stop Fighting AI and Start Dealing With It
The students being told today that AI is off-limits will graduate into jobs where their first performance review may partly depend on how well they use it. That is a brutal disconnect.
- Business Transformation · July 22, 2025Leadership and Culture Breaks at the Top: Why the CEO and Chief People Officer Are Always Accountable
Companies don’t crumble overnight. They slowly decay when the people at the top stop listening, stop living the values they preach, and stop taking accountability for the environment they create.
- Business Transformation · July 9, 2025Introducing "Turnformation™": When Crisis Meets Opportunity
Most companies facing existential threats make a fatal mistake: they think they have to choose between survival and growth. They don't.
- Business Transformation · June 19, 2025Turnaround vs. Transformation: Why Every Leader Needs to Know the Difference
The stakes have never been higher. Your next strategic decision could determine whether your company emerges stronger or becomes another cautionary tale.
- PR & Marketing · May 25, 2025The Three-Headed Challenge of Franchise Marketing
Having just walked the floors of the International Franchise Expo at the Javits Center today, one thing became abundantly clear: there's a significant opportunity in how franchise systems approach their marketing strategy.
- AI & Technology · May 16, 2025Why the Vending Industry Still Needs Pioneers (and Why I’m Back)
Vending and automated food delivery has come a long way, but some of the "latest innovations" on display felt strikingly familiar.