Catch Up or Get Left Behind

AI is the most consequential shift in how work gets done in our lifetime, and I think about it every day.

In my honest opinion: those who aren't learning to think with it — and I mean genuinely learn and internalize it — will have to face that their employability has a ceiling. I believe what's going to retain value is having good judgment. In this case: being able to define the right problem, design the system that solves it, and know when the output is wrong.

Apply AI to a clear process and you get speed. Apply it to lazy prompts and a broken workflow and you get AI slop — solutions nobody asked for, delivered fast! The differentiator won't be which LLM you're using. It'll be the questions and planning you do before you start building.

My career spans government affairs, cannabis wholesale, and enterprise staffing. The breadth is something I take pride in. Working across heavily regulated, fast-moving industries gave me a ground-level understanding of how organizations actually function, how decisions get made, and what gets in the way.

A psychology degree gave me a framework for it, deepened by coursework in business law, organizational behavior, and human-computer interaction. The things I do outside of work — playing instruments, singing, competing in sports, staying genuinely curious — are an important part of enriching how I work and my personal relationships.