in practice:
What I am engaging with
I’m continuously engaging with ideas, content, and perspectives that shape how I design and hold spaces that are critical to how I do my work—books, podcasts, music, conversations, and lived experiences. I share what’s capturing my attention not necessarily as recommendations, but as a window into how I’m thinking and what’s informing my approach.
I’m in the process of preparing a salon, Let’s Talk About Death Over Dinner, inspired by the book of the same name. As I sit with the ideas and approach, I’m shaping a space that encourages openness and deeper conversation around a topic we rarely make room for.
What great lessons to be learned about how to encourage honest conversation about hard topics!
Facilitating difficult conversations
Re-centering Ethics in business
Higher Ground by Alison Taylor has been capturing my attention, particularly the idea that values only become real when they carry a cost. If they can be easily traded off—for profit, growth, or convenience—they risk becoming performative. It’s sharpening how I think about leadership claims around issues like climate change. And it is making me think that before moving to questions about human rights and sustainability strategies, fundamental questions about what values and principles an organization holds must be codified first.
Ai & the Mind
I’ve been listening to Suspicious Minds: AI and Psychosis, and it’s been resonating given that nearly every project I’ve worked on in the past year has grappled with AI’s impact on organizations and communities. Episode 8, in particular, explores how major technological shifts can trigger mental health concerns—echoing early reactions to the invention of the train, when some believed the speed and sensory disorientation could harm the human mind (what was sometimes called “railway madness”). It offers a more grounded, balanced lens on how AI may shape—and unsettle—our thinking.