What can you learn about communication from the people that handle the most difficult negotiations? — The traditional image of a leader is that of a person who tells people what to do and how. Many people believe that being a leader means knowing everything, being active, and constantly trying to shape the environment around you. When people turn to you for guidance or to resolve…

6 kinds of new year resolutions you can actually keep — The last 3 years have been tough on all of us. It’s more important than ever to take care of ourselves when the world is in crisis. When we’re facing difficult times or challenges, it’s easy to get overwhelmed and feel like we’re not in control. Taking care of ourselves…

Large language models and human <— >machine interaction have just taken a big step forward — Even if you’re not interested in artificial intelligence, by now, you’ve heard the buzz about ChatGPT. Everyone is talking about this new chat tool that allows you to interact with an artificial intelligence system as if you’re talking to a human. It will answer your questions and write text if…

Implementing Zero Trust is a paradigm shift — The question isn’t if you’re going to be breached but when it’s going to happen! By now, you’ve surely heard this preached more than once. Every security expert will tell you that you’ll be in the crosshair of some bad actors sooner or later. They can’t tell you if it’s…

And why you should stop buying these brands too — I wish this were a David vs. Goliath story, a story where an underdog bravely takes on an unbeatable enemy and miraculously wins. But it isn’t. What we’re seeing is a battle of Goliath vs. Goliath. Companies with way too much power over the food we eat are fighting over…

Or are you quietly making sure you’ll never get the life you want? — The question of how your self-image affects your success came up in a conversation with one of my mentees today. She sometimes struggles with self-sabotaging and told me about a helpful book she’d read, “Psycho-Cybernetics” written by Maxwell Maltz in 1960. Maltz, a plastic surgeon who operated on patients who…

In the future of work, technical expertise alone will not cut it — This week I had a conversation with one of my mentees. She’s about to go back to university to switch careers. She wants to transition into tech. But now, just before starting the semester, she has second thoughts because she’s worried about whether she’s making the right decision. She’s afraid…

3 wonderfully different interpretations of a vision for our future — What do you think of when you think about the future? What world do you envision? That was what I wanted to know when I started the “Our World Tomorrow” summer writing challenge — as always, asking other people questions was enlightening. Listening to other people’s answers to your questions…

Why Imposter Syndrome Is Caused by the Lack of Feeling You Really Belong Here — Nothing is more draining than spending every workday dreading the moment it finally becomes clear that there was a mistake-living with the feeling that you weren’t really supposed to get the job-haunted by the nagging suspicion that it’ll soon become glaringly obvious that you’re incompetent and that you’ll be made…