Hi!! I know I said you wouldnāt be hearing from me until 2025, but here I amāpopping into your inbox one last time before the year ends. Over on Instagram, I shared some snapshots of my planning documents for the year ahead, and enough of you asked for a copy that I decided to send it out here. Because remember, as a subscriber and a member of my community, you always get my best stuff first. 2024 Year End Review .pdf The PDF is simple: just a couple of pages designed to help you reflect on...
17 days agoĀ ā¢Ā 1 min read
Hi hi, Iām back at the Farm, where Iāll be hunkering down in hibernation mode for the next several weeks. The holidays have always felt like a complicated season for meāequal parts nostalgia and a quiet ache. As a child, the magic felt automatic, effortless, as if the universe itself conspired to string lights, bake cookies, and make snow fall at just the right time. But as I got older, I realized that the magic was never spontaneous. It was crafted. Curated. Facilitated by my mother,...
29 days agoĀ ā¢Ā 12 min read
Hi, I'm headed back to Paris after finishing my final event of the year in Las Vegas and āof courseāmy last flight home is delayed. Classic, right? To top it off, I somehow managed to leave my AirPods in a completely different terminal. Cool. Now Iām in the lounge, bonding with fellow stranded travelers over a glass of wine and collective exasperation with flying. Thereās something oddly hilarious about how these little disasters turn complete strangers into temporary besties. Delayed...
about 1 month agoĀ ā¢Ā 11 min read
How You Goin? I'm currently in Sydney after an unforgettable eight days in Japan, a trip that combined awe, reflection, and meaningful connection. It marked the culmination of a yearlong collaboration with researchers from South Korea, France, Japan, and Taiwan, organized by the French Mission in Taipei. Focused on AI and digital culture, this initiative has been incredibly helpful on informing my own perspective, and meeting face-to-face after a year of virtual conversations was a powerful...
about 1 month agoĀ ā¢Ā 9 min read
Hi! I'm currently in Dubai, where I had the chance to talk with Chief Technology Officers about something that feels increasingly urgent: the quiet but profound ways that new tools shape an organizationās culture. It's fascinatingāeach feature a tool has, each workflow it supports, impacts not just how work gets done, but how people connect, collaborate, and ultimately, how they feel within the workplace. Technology isnāt neutral; it has a personality, a set of values, even biases embedded in...
about 2 months agoĀ ā¢Ā 7 min read
Hey you, Ooooooooof. I know Iām not alone in still feeling the weight of the American election results. Thereās a particular kind of exhaustion that follows, the kind that comes not just from processing whatās happened but from seeing so clearly whatās ahead. Right now, Iām back at the Farm for a few days before I head out on my last round of trips for the year, and itās here, in the quiet, that Iāve been able to lean into something that feels like hibernation. Not to escape, exactly, but to...
2 months agoĀ ā¢Ā 11 min read
Hey you! Iām writing this from the San Francisco airport where I just ordered a coffee from a robot. Weird. I just wrapped up a visit with Google, one of my favorite clients, and now Iām waiting for my flight to Orlando, where Iāll be speaking to a room filled with 5,000 HR professionals. I'll be talking about the impacts of Generative AI on knowledge workāhow these tools will change not only what we do but how we do it. Specifically, Iām interested in how theyāll shape the way we solve...
3 months agoĀ ā¢Ā 9 min read
Hi! This week, I'm in the U.S., speaking to a crowd of 2,500 IT and cybersecurity professionals about Digital Culture. And I have to admit, itās a bit ironic. Despite all the technological advancements in privacy and security, the people who seem to truly grasp the power of human-centric approaches arenāt always the expertsātheyāre often the scammers. Social engineering scams are booming, and with technology like generative AI in their arsenal, these schemes have become disturbingly...
3 months agoĀ ā¢Ā 8 min read
Hi friend, Iāve settled back at the farm for the week, watching the leaves shift in color, the air growing crisp. Itās the kind of cozy that invites you to nest, to start making soups and take comfort in the changing rhythms of life. But lately, the heaviness in my chest has been harder to shake. The news out of Lebanon, Palestine, and Syria feels like a steady drumbeat of sorrow. Itās that particular kind of heartache that comes when your homeland is under siege. Thereās something visceral...
3 months agoĀ ā¢Ā 9 min read
