The Turtle and the Thousand Cuts Early in my executive career, people called me the Iron Maiden. I had earned it, honestly. Tough, decisive, unflinching — the person who walked…

A workplace award tells you that a company paid for a survey and cleared a threshold. That is the entire claim being made. Everything else is decoration. Let me explain…

Artificial intelligence is transforming the workplace at an unprecedented pace. Yet despite the excitement surrounding AI, many organizations are encountering resistance from their teams. The common assumption is that employees…

AI didn’t fire your colleague. Leadership did — and too many leaders would rather credit the algorithm than take accountability for the call. By Victoria Pelletier There’s a new favourite…

The Freedom on the Other Side of Disappointment I was listening to Jim Collins on Adam Grant's ReThinking podcast this week at the gym on my cruise, and one idea…

Call Me Boring. I'll Take It as a Compliment. Why discipline is the most underrated executive skill — and the reason the "boring" people keep winning. TL;DR: Someone recently suggested…

When the Alarm Goes Off in the Boardroom: What Boeing Taught Me About Leaders, Culture, and the Cost of Silence This piece is part of my ongoing research into C-suite…

We Know the Problem. So Why Isn’t It Changing? Earlier this month, I shared a piece reflecting on my own experiences—and the broader realities many women continue to navigate in…

The Skills Adjacency Playbook: How to Actually Redesign Work for the AI Era  The most common question I’ve gotten since my last piece on AI and “Franken-jobs” isn’t about the…

Your Values Are a Lie. And Your Employees Know It. There’s a particular kind of corporate theatre that goes something like this: a leadership team spends a small fortune on…