Houston we have a culture problem.

Last week’s Blue Origin space launch—featuring Katy Perry and an all-female crew—was marketed as a celebration of empowerment. But the public wasn’t buying it. The mission felt hollow, more spectacle than substance. While media attention centered on celebrity, the...

Disruption Is So 2010s—Time to Move On

In the early days of my career at Oracle, “disruption” was a buzzword so overused it became almost meaningless. We talked about it like it was the holy grail. If you weren’t disrupting something—your process, your product, your industry—you weren’t leading.  So when...

Agility Is the New Stability

I recently worked with a global pharmaceutical company in the animal health space during a week of political uncertainty—tariffs had been announced, but no one knew whether they applied to their industry. And yet, their leadership team didn’t flinch. They showed up,...