If you’ve been rolling your eyes at the way people talk about AI lately, you’re not alone. “Replace your team with a single prompt!” “Use this tool or get left behind!” “Why haven’t you automated everything already?” The problem isn’t AI, it’s the story around it. For people-first teams who care about doing great work and taking care of their people, the current narrative feels misaligned at best and unethical at worst. But AI adoption can be something else entirely. Used with intention, it...

Hey there, This week, I'm sharing a quick recap of my favorite lessons, reads, and shares of the month. We'll be back to the usual articles next week. If you came across anything great this month (whether it’s a book, podcast, or insight) I’d love to hear about it! Just hit reply and share what you loved. May 2025 Recap Read this on the web | Subscribe Reads Recently, I did something I don’t usually do: a tandem read. I picked up Co-Intelligence by Ethan Mollick and Remember Love by Cleo Wade...

Read this on the web | Subscribe Too hot. Too cold. Just right. This classic framework from Goldilocks and the Three Bears mirrors one of the biggest struggles I see in remote team leadership: finding the right balance in how you manage. When it comes to leading distributed teams, most people fall into one of two extremes. There’s the micromanager: constantly checking in, obsessing over activity, piling on meetings and processes that disrupt more than they help. Then there’s the hands-off...