The Power of Executive Assistants
A useful model, not just for school leaders.
“when supported by effective executive assistants, school leaders will be prepped on the way into meetings, present when in those meetings, and pushed forward by those meetings”—Making the Case for Effective Assistants
Featured writing
When your brilliant idea meets organizational reality: a survival guide
Transform your brilliant tech ideas into reality by navigating organizational challenges and overcoming hidden resistance with this essential survival guide.
Server-Side Dashboard Architecture: Why Moving Data Fetching Off the Browser Changes Everything
How choosing server-side rendering solved security, CORS, and credential management problems I didn't know I had.
AI as Coach: Transforming Professional and Continuing Education
Transform professional and continuing education with AI-driven coaching, offering personalized support, accountability, and skill mastery at scale.
Books
The Work of Being (in progress)
A book on AI, judgment, and staying human at work.
The Practice of Work (in progress)
Practical essays on how work actually gets done.
Recent writing
The bully pulpit: why AI slop only matters to people who write about AI slop
This article exposes how the 'AI moral crisis' narrative is amplified by the very people who control media—and why the 90% of workers actually using AI don't share the panic.
Why your job matters more than mine: the selective morality of job loss
This article reveals the uncomfortable pattern behind which jobs get moral protection and which get called 'market forces'—and what that means for everyone outside the creative class.
AI in writing: the end of a professional monopoly
This article reframes the AI writing debate: the panic isn't about creativity—it's about a professional class losing control of the systems they've gatekept for a century.
Notes and related thinking
Embracing the AI Workforce
Discover how AI enhances the workplace by fostering collaboration and spontaneity, offering a fresh alternative to traditional office dynamics.
The Future of Remote Work
Explore the evolving landscape of remote work, highlighting employee preferences and the balance between flexibility and social interaction.
Coming crisis for commercial leases
Explore the looming crisis in commercial leases as office vacancies soar and remote work reshapes demand for office spaces.