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PODCAST EPISODE #7: How hard will the robots make us work?

There is currently a growing heap of modern day paranoia around the idea of AI and robots taking human jobs away and replacing humans as a whole until the rise of the machines consumes us. While we are quite a bit far from that reality, there are currently existing realities in the workplace where humans…

PODCAST EPISODE #6: Isaac Asimov talks AI (1991)

Today I’m reading a transcription from an old interview with one of my heroes. Isaac Asimov gave this interview as part of the “Vision Of The Future” series in the year 1991. This was his last major interview before he passed away in the following year in April of 1992. He spoke to AI and…

The gestation of a mid-life crisis

Call it a crisis. Call it indecision. Call it what you want. This pandemic certainly reinforced and inflamed the career holding pattern I was in during 2020. The depression I was feeling from it all came from an old childhood place, a place where all the demons hang out and cavort with each other until…

PODCAST EPISODE #5: Social Media and Depression

This article was originally written by Nadra Little and medically reviewed by Steven Gans, MD Nadra Nittle is a Los Angeles-based journalist and author. She has covered a wide range of topics, including health, education, race, consumerism, food, and public policy, throughout her career. SOURCE: https://www.verywellmind.com/social-media-and-depression-5085354

The great hiring deep freeze…

I’ve been fairly stable over the last 25 years on tech….a couple hard years and layoffs here and there but it hasn’t felt tumultuous by any means. It was typically much more feast than famine in terms of opportunities, companies hiring, etc. However, by the time June and July of 2020 rolled around it was…

PODCAST EPISODE #4: Social Media and Mental Health

The original authors of this blog post are Lawrence Robinson and Melinda Smith, M.A ORIGINAL SOURCE:

PODCAST EPISODE #1: LEON

In this episode I had a great discussion with Braedon Leslie about how LEON (http://myleon.co) uses AI to upgrade management and leadership with empathy woven into the actual framework of their platform. They’re doing great things for the future of the workplace!

The early stages of isolation

Here it is, May 1, 2020, shelter-in-place had been ordered. I had just left an extremely toxic work environment with no job lined up. I was plenty stressed as I had never quit a job intentionally without having something else ready to dive into. No one knew what to expect in this new pandemic climate…

The start of descent

In January of 2020, I had started a new job at a FinTech startup in Silicon Valley. FINALLY, after over 20 years in tech marketing, my first Director of Marketing role. I was, at the time, under the illusion that I’d be able to take all my years of experience and trial and error and…

The valley of old houses

I had a dream last night that felt metaphorically like it was tied to the healing process I’m experiencing since I started this blog. It felt so vivid and powerful to me and as usual a melody fell out of the sky and into my head (of course at 5AM or so). I ended up…

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