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More than half my team gave me an answer I wasn't expecting. Over the past couple of weeks, I've been asking each person on my team a version of the same question. How are you doing with your workload? Are you still protecting time to learn and practice with AI? Have you tried using it to solve a...

Sep 08, 2026

Being Good at Something Doesn't Mean You Should Keep Doing It

I learned something about myself on vacation last week that I didn't expect. I am the travel planner in our family - I research where we're going and I compare the hotels, I read the reviews, I figure out the flights, rooms, activities and all the little details. My husband, Curtis and I joke tha...

Sep 01, 2026

When the thing you're good at isn't as valuable anymore

I've spent a lot of my career getting really good at things AI can now do faster than I can. I've spent decades learning how to ask better questions, make sense of fragmented information, assess the impact of complex changes and turn all of that into strategies and plans that people can actually ...

Aug 18, 2026

What if keeping up is the wrong goal?

I spend a lot of time with AI. Probably more than is reasonable some weeks, especially for someone who isn't in a "technical" role. I listen to podcasts, read the latest announcements, test new models, experiment at work and I pay for more AI subscriptions than I care to admit. A few weeks ago, I...

Aug 11, 2026

Career Reinvention Is Built on Bridges

Everyone kept calling my career changes brave, and I never had the heart to tell them I'd never actually jumped. For years I thought reinvention took a lot of nerve and a running start. I've changed careers more times than I can count now, and I've never actually leapt. Every time, I stepped onto...

Aug 04, 2026

It's Easier to Navigate Someone Else's Change Than Your Own

A few years ago I was invited into an IT strategy meeting to help think through the future of a chatbot for a service team. At the time, AI still felt very new and the conversation wasn't about replacing people, it was about helping people work differently. About half-way through the meeting I ha...

Jul 28, 2026

The Life You Built Around the Job (And Never Chose)

We had finally settled in a new state with new friends, new schools, and a rhythm to our days that had taken two years to build. And then in one afternoon, a truck going 60 didn't stop at a light, and my husband and my youngest son were in the car when it hit them. They both ended up alive but in...

Jul 21, 2026

No body prepares you for the fact that 'up' isn't the only career direction anymore.

I was scrolling through job listings with a friend last week who was recently laid off and about ten minutes in we were both frustrated. Not one of the postings clearly said "senior manager" or "director" the way we're used to seeing them. They said "head of," or "lead," or "officer," or some awk...

Jul 14, 2026

Why Being Behind is Not the Same as Being Off Course

I realized halfway through lunch today that I'd let the weekend pass without writing this week's Change Anchor. I typically carve out time in the early weekend mornings to focus on writing content, but with the 4th of July holiday and relentless family obligations, Monday came and went too. As I ...

Jul 07, 2026

The Two Words That Are Not Part of Honest Conversation

On Saturday this last week, I got into an argument with my husband. Now this is actually rare because typically we don't argue much at all. We've known each other since we were 13 years old and have spent almost half our life's together - but our story is not what this is about. This particular a...

Jun 30, 2026

What if AI Isn't Actually Your Problem

Every AI conversation I'm part of right now circles back to the same word: upskilling. Learn how to use the latest models, take more courses, build more agents and get them running together, get certified in as many things as you can. The message from every direction is loud. The people who lear...

Jun 23, 2026

What a perfect performance review may be hiding

Some of the best performance reviews of my career came during the years I was actually the most disconnected from the work. I want to tell you about a chapter in my own life that looked perfect from the outside. It was a time when my performance ratings were high, I was exceeding my targets and t...

Jun 16, 2026

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The Change Anchor: Anchored in Possibility

A weekly newsletter on resiliency, career navigation, and staying anchored when the ground shifts. One human truth. One behavioral insight. One thing to sit with. Sent every Tuesday..

The Change Anchor: Anchored in Possibility

A weekly newsletter on resiliency, career navigation, and staying anchored when the ground shifts. One human truth. One behavioral insight. One thing to sit with. Sent every Tuesday..

The Change Anchor: Anchored in Possibility

A weekly newsletter on resiliency, career navigation, and staying anchored when the ground shifts. One human truth. One behavioral insight. One thing to sit with. Sent every Tuesday..

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