Yesterday, at the memorial service of a long-standing family friend, Pam Wescott, many spoke concretely of how her life made theirs more meaningful: her daily courage amid great physical discomfort, the care with which she...

Sometimes I feel tired. Tired of the relentless decisions required when the future is opaque, no answer is obvious, and the situation is too complex to “think through” in any linear way. This is the season for annual...

I resisted writing this. Even now it feels disloyal; it feels like stepping out of line. There is no single incident, no scandal, no dramatic rupture. What I am trying to describe is quieter: a long pattern, and the...

As the year turns, I return to a simple practice that helps me pause, take stock, and choose my direction. If you have a quiet hour in the days before or after New Year, you might try it too. Before you...

In this season of good cheer, I share a gentle reminder. Eight-year-old Virginia O'Hanlon wrote a letter to the editor of New York's Sun, and the quick response was printed as an unsigned editorial Sept. 21, 1897....

I remember driving through traffic last night on I-90, entering Boston, when Tristan Harris, former Google design ethicist, warned on The Diary of a CEO podcast that AI is becoming an existential threat. He...

Founders and leaders make decisions under pressure, with incomplete information and relentless change. We’re trained to trust logic, yet reason alone often falters when the map no longer matches the terrain. This...

A client of mine was facing relentless unpredictability at work and at home: office politics, murky reporting lines, instability in Washington, D.C., and two teenagers in full hormonal flux.  At his best he...

At year’s end, many of us become quiet accountants of our unlived lives, tallying what might have been. Reflection feels instinctive, as though the season itself invites an audit of what mattered, what failed, and what...

Happy Diwali! As the days grow shorter and the nights deepen,we remember that it is from darkness that light is born. The world may tremble with uncertainty,yet hope endures — not waiting but working through...