Reflections
What I'm Not Doing This Week
Last week I promised a new offering would open for booking today. It isn't. Here's the decision behind the delay - and why the delay is itself the essay.
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The Long Middle
Last week I wrote about the two ways honest people answer the identity question wrong - the role trap and the wound trap. A lot of you wrote back. Some of you s
Reflections
What I Couldn't See Then
When I first took a Director role at Adobe, I thought I knew what I was saying yes to. I didn't. On the two traps that catch honest people in a career transition - and what the identity question actually wants.
Identity
The Question Underneath
He sat down and told me he thought he was done climbing. He wasn't sure he was allowed to say that. What surfaced next changed how I think about every career decision - my own included.
Transitions
Two Weeks Left
Two weeks. That's what's left of my Adobe career. Ten days of handoffs, goodbyes, and the strange ritual of turning in equipment that's been part of my daily life for years
Identity
Running and Building
I'm writing this from Walt Disney World. Not a sentence I expected to include in a post about leadership transitions - but here we are.
Transitions
The Long Goodbye
I'm leaving Adobe. After eighteen years, I'm walking out the door at the start of next month. Not because something went wrong - but because something else is pulling me forward.
Reflections
Clarity Comes Slowly. Then All at Once.
I spent two years praying for clarity. It didn't come in a flash. It came through the fog - slowly, then all at once.
Identity
You're Not Behind. You're In Fieri.
There's a Latin phrase for what you're feeling right now. You're not behind. You're not broken. You're in fieri - in the becoming.
Transitions
Clarity Before the Climb
I turned 48 today. For most of my career, I didn't think much about birthdays. But this one feels different. I've been asking different questions - not "What's next?" but "Who am I becoming?"
Identity
Legacy Over Achievement
I used to measure success by what I built. Now I measure it by how I showed up. Here's the question that changed my definition of success in the second half.