the work is everywhere

Quick Thought - Spring 2025

The Work Shows Up Everywhere

For the last few years, I’ve kept a sort of low-profile-down-the-page section of my personal site where I collect and refine principles—ideas that have helped me lead, design, and stay grounded. It started as a place to process hard-earned lessons. Over time, it became something I could actually lean on.

These principles weren’t handed to me in a workshop. I earned them in the chaos—through late nights, last-minute launches, and pulling things back from the edge. They showed up when things were fragile—when a teammate was drowning and I quietly stepped in. When someone needed space, and the work didn’t come first. That’s when they stopped being ideas and started becoming practice.

“Lead at every level” isn’t about grabbing the wheel. It’s about knowing when to step back so someone else can steer.

“No heroes” means the system matters more than any one person—but we protect people by building systems that don’t burn them out.

“Extraordinary is consistently ordinary” is how I work, how I parent, how I show up. Even on the tough days.

I’m drawn to work that matters—but even more than that, to teams that stay human when things get messy. That’s where principles stop being slogans and start becoming tools.

That’s the kind of work I want to be part of.