Writing · 9 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.
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- Business Transformation · August 26, 2026The Recovery Firm Leaves Too Early. The Transformation Firm Arrives Too Late.
Stabilization is not a destination. It is a floor. A company that has stopped losing money has not started being worth more. Turnaround is not transformation.
- 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”
Spend three decades building businesses and patterns start to reveal themselves. At some point 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
Students told today that AI is off-limits will graduate into jobs where their first review may depend on how well they use it. 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 decay slowly, when the people at the top stop listening, stop living their values, and stop taking accountability.
- 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
Walking the floors of the International Franchise Expo, one thing was clear: most franchise systems are still missing the nuance their marketing requires.
- 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.