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93 essays

2026 4

  1. Building With Ai Humanely Artificial Intelligence 6 min
  2. Defanging Tyrants: How Abusive Powerholders Weaponize Leadership Traits History 23 min
  3. Know Your Number: A Guide to Salary Negotiation Organizational Design 3 min
  4. History Is Teacher. Will We Learn the Lesson? History 7 min

2025 5

  1. Progressive Objectivism: A Short Manifesto Progressive Objectivism 5 min
  2. Stop Saying So Busy (You Are Not) Organizational Design 2 min
  3. A Tactician's Playbook for Strategy Organizational Design 11 min
  4. You're Not Busy Thinking 5 min
  5. Progressive Objectivism: A Philosophy for Empowered Living History 4 min

2024 16

  1. Money Is a Tool, Not a Scoreboard Finance 5 min
  2. A Primer on Unleashing the States' Powers: Reclaiming Power from Federal Overreach History 9 min
  3. Breaking the Spell: A Guide to DeMAGAtize Loved Ones from Cult Influence History 1 min
  4. From Inner Peace to Outward Compassion Leadership 20 min
  5. Leadership Is Responsibility, Not Authority Leadership 5 min
  6. Happiness Starts with Peace Leadership 8 min
  7. From HR Admin to HR Strategist: The Skills That Move You Up Organizational Design 27 min
  8. A Guide to Leading an Effective Multi-Generational Workforce Organizational Design 11 min
  9. A Primer on the Strategic Evolution of HR and Operations Organizational Design 4 min
  10. Building a Foundation of Trust: The First Dysfunction of a Team Organizational Design 13 min
  11. The Five Parts of a Complete Job Description Organizational Design 4 min
  12. Strategy Is Choosing, Not Planning Strategy 5 min
  13. What Is a Chief Strategist, Anyway? Organizational Design 4 min
  14. Five Lessons I Learned from Bad Managers Organizational Design 6 min
  15. A Tactician's Guide to Strategy Organizational Design 10 min
  16. From Me to We: A Roadmap to Compassion Leadership 8 min

2023 8

  1. Loyal Employees for Life Organizational Design 4 min
  2. Porter's Five Forces Needs a Sixth: Information Asymmetry Organizational Design 3 min
  3. Meditations of a Young Adult Leadership 2 min
  4. Rethinking the Workplace 2022 Organizational Design 3 min
  5. Understanding Implicit Bias and How Implicit Bias Training Can Help Organizational Design 4 min
  6. Your Pocketbook Financial Companion Finance 18 min
  7. The Business Case for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: 2023 Human Behavior 2 min
  8. Want to Be an Innovative HR/People Operations Leader? Organizational Design 1 min

2022 8

  1. Why DEI Requires Courage and Vulnerability Human Behavior 2 min
  2. You Cannot Have Equality Without Equity First Human Behavior 1 min
  3. Understanding The CROWN Act: What Is It? And What Will It Achieve? Human Behavior 5 min
  4. The 2030 Workforce: Keeping Knowledge When Boomers Retire Human Behavior 2 min
  5. What Is Loyalty, Anyway? Baby Boomers and the Pension Era Human Behavior 1 min
  6. Dei Post Training Actions Human Behavior 1 min
  7. Understanding EEOC Consent Decrees Under Title VII Human Behavior 4 min
  8. Understanding DEI Through a Generational Lens Human Behavior 3 min

2021 6

  1. When America Was Great History 2 min
  2. Dei Ideas Posts Human Behavior 4 min
  3. The Human Experience Leadership 1 min
  4. The Reemergence of Totalitarianism: How It Takes Hold History 3 min
  5. Understanding DEI Through My European Colleagues Human Behavior 2 min
  6. DEI and the Workplace Human Behavior 1 min

2020 1

  1. Dealing with Objections Organizational Design 4 min

2019 6

  1. Self-Transcendence Leadership 1 min
  2. The CBD Industry Requires a Shaping Strategy Organizational Design 1 min
  3. A Primer on the Strategic Evolution of Dr. Kerklaan Enterprises Organizational Design 4 min
  4. Being Authentic Leadership 1 min
  5. The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: Notes on Lencioni Organizational Design 3 min
  6. My HR Writings Organizational Design 3 min

2016 1

  1. How To Step Up To An Executive Job Organizational Design 2 min

2014 4

  1. Lessons from an Angel Leadership 5 min
  2. Coach with Compassion, Own the Mistake: Lessons from Great Leaders Leadership 3 min
  3. So, What Now? Leadership 2 min
  4. So You Want to Be a World Traveler? Leadership 1 min

2013 4

  1. Reviewing: The War of Art Leadership 2 min
  2. Saving with a Purpose Finance 3 min
  3. Leading Economic Indicators Finance 2 min
  4. Net Promoter Score Finance 1 min

Undated 30

  1. n.d. Ai Governance Is Not an IT Project Artificial Intelligence 1 min
  2. n.d. Ai Doesn't Replace HR Jobs. It Exposes How We've Been Using Them. (2/5) Artificial Intelligence 1 min
  3. n.d. Ai Isn't Coming for Your Job. It's Coming for Your Chaos. Artificial Intelligence 1 min
  4. n.d. Ai Should Assist, Not Decide Artificial Intelligence 2 min
  5. n.d. Ai Doesn't Create Problems. It Reveals Them. Artificial Intelligence 1 min
  6. n.d. Audit-Proof in Minutes: Ai for Compliance Without the Panic Organizational Design 1 min
  7. n.d. Beyond Bias: Ai in Hiring That Doesn't Screw It Up Artificial Intelligence 1 min
  8. n.d. Burnout Isn't a People Problem : It's a Systems Problem The Human Experience 1 min
  9. n.d. Capability Is the New Headcount Organizational Design 1 min
  10. n.d. Decision Rights Are the New Org Chart Organizational Design 1 min
  11. n.d. From Operator to Architect: Why HR's Real Shift Isn't About Ai Leadership 1 min
  12. n.d. HR Was Never Meant to Scale Organizational Design 1 min
  13. n.d. People Systems: The Department That Doesn't Exist Yet Organizational Design 1 min
  14. n.d. Readiness Is the Real Ai Advantage Artificial Intelligence 1 min
  15. n.d. Speed Without Guardrails Is Exposure Artificial Intelligence 2 min
  16. n.d. The CFO Is Already Your Head of People Systems Finance 1 min
  17. n.d. The Cost of Unclear HR: Where Money Quietly Leaks Organizational Design 1 min
  18. n.d. The Hidden Cost of 'We'll Fix HR Later.' Organizational Design 1 min
  19. n.d. The End of HR, IT, and Finance Silos Organizational Design 1 min
  20. n.d. The HR Operating System Most SMBs Never Built Organizational Design 1 min
  21. n.d. The Real Org Structure Is Your Workflow Organizational Design 1 min
  22. n.d. The Three Risks Every HR Leader Is Underestimating Organizational Design 2 min
  23. n.d. What HR, IT, and Finance Will Look Like in 2027 Organizational Design 1 min
  24. n.d. Why Decisions Are the New Bottleneck Decision Making 1 min
  25. n.d. Why HR and IT Are Destined to Merge into People Systems Organizational Design 1 min
  26. n.d. Why HR Data and Financial Data Must Match Finance 1 min
  27. n.d. Why Most Ai HR Projects Stall at Month Three Artificial Intelligence 1 min
  28. n.d. Why Org Charts Are Becoming Obsolete Organizational Design 1 min
  29. n.d. Why Progress Beats Transformation Every Time Strategy 1 min
  30. n.d. You Don't Need Smarter Ai. You Need Clearer HR. Artificial Intelligence 1 min

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