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The longer I do this work, the more I think that may be the most important question anyone can ask. We get asked for background investigations all the time, but the real question is not “what will we find?” The real question is: What is the downside of not knowing? [...]

Not just productivity hacks, (which I also love) but systemetizing strategic leverage. For most of my career, if I didn’t put in the hours, the work didn’t move. That’s fine when small, but it becomes a ceiling when trying to scale. And now . . . AI does the first [...]

“Be curious, not judgmental.” -Ted Lasso Before the opening kickoff, a lot of people had already made up their minds about the Bad Bunny half time show. Some were choosing to love it. Others were choosing to boycott it. The performance almost didn’t matter. When we decide in advance, we [...]

Last week, news broke that Dr. Madhu Gottumukkala, acting director of Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), uploaded “For Official Use Only” government contracting documents into public ChatGPT. This bypassed DHS-approved AI tools and triggered internal cyber alerts. No malware, foreign adversary, or sophisticated hack. Just a smart professional using [...]

As I was walking off a flight this last Friday, a flight attendant handed me a small handwritten card thanking me for my loyalty. It took almost no time for them to write, but it landed better than most so-called premium experiences. Not because of some airline status. Because someone [...]