The World Cup Made Her
Early 2000s
She worked with me early in her career, as an intern on one of the most demanding accounts in the automotive world. The kind of work that teaches you either everything or nothing, depending on what you bring to it.
She brought everything.
What the Y2K Generation Knows About Leadership That You Do Not
May is graduation month. Since 1999, when I first walked into a classroom at FIT, I have lived in two worlds. Practitioner and teacher. Most recently at NYU. It is the month that reminds me why the work matters.
The 1990s were the last chapter of a century built on human connection.
The Mark in the Clay
The Court Does Not Lie
Clay does not reward power. It rewards patience.
On a hard court, you can blast your way through a match. On grass, speed and angles do the work. But on clay, none of that is enough. The ball slows down. The bounce climbs high. The rallies stretch long. The player who wins on clay is the one willing to stay in the point longer than the other person wants to.
The Truth Behind the Green Jacket
One Weekend. One Year.
Augusta sets the standard once a year. The rest of the season is spent deciding whether you met it. The course closes in summer to protect the bentgrass greens from Georgia's heat. The crew tends the grass when no one is watching. The players are building their game all year. The members show up October through May. And then the world watches for four days every April.
The standard does not take a season off.
The Diamond That Was Never Given
It Does Not Belong There
It is the end of Earth Month. Everyone spent April talking about what we take and what we give back. Nobody mentioned the Koh-I-Noor.
It sits in the Tower of London right now. 105.6 carats. One of the most valuable diamonds in the world. And if you ask Britain what gives them the right to keep it the honest answer is nothing. They just have it. And they have had it long enough that keeping it has started to feel like owning it.
Woman in Hot Water
On the May 2026 cover of Vogue, Anna Wintour called The Devil Wears Prada a classic. Something that endures. Something the culture keeps returning to.
I know exactly what that is.
Who is Following the Puck?
Hockey season just ended at my house.
Early mornings. Below freezing temperatures at an outdoor rink. Equipment that has its own smell after a full season on the ice. Three weeks ago we sat at the end of season banquet and watched a room full of people celebrate my twelve year old niece.
They called her the wall.
The Long Game of Power and Even Longer Game of Freedom
Grit beats pedigree. Every time.
I believe that. I have lived that. And then I read a story that made me sit with what happens when pedigree shows up without the internal foundation to hold it.
The Grace Period Is Over.
For two decades, brands could be inconsistent and survive it.
Inconsistent stories across markets. Claims shaped to fit the audience. Cultural moments borrowed rather than earned. Nobody compared notes fast enough to matter.
Silence Is a Strategy.
Eileen Gu can explain the physics of a double cork 1620 with scientific precision. She can break down torque, rotational velocity, body alignment, and landing angles in exact detail. On snow, nothing is left to chance.
AI Agents Are Not Going Rogue. Your Team’s Reaction Reveals Everything.
When 155,000 AI agents began posting on Moltbook, a social environment where humans can only observe, executive reactions followed a familiar pattern.
The Edge
Americans are using AI more than ever, yet remain deeply skeptical of its impact on their lives, work, and communities. During this year’s Super Bowl, technology companies attempted to close that gap with emotionally driven advertising designed to make AI feel familiar, safe, and human.