This week I had a conversation with a friend of mine, Rick Maher, who lives deep in the talent innovation space. We weren’t talking about how to get clients or...

Stage One: Learn Post-layoff. It starts small. Your kitchen table. Early. The clock ticking against the far wall. Your laptop is open, calendar blank in a way that feels reckless....

The 40-Hour Week Is Breaking (And We All Know It) I’ve spent the past seven years working on the fractional model of work, and that’s given me a front-row seat...

Think about the best person you’ve ever had on your team. Was it their pedigree that made them so? Their title? Their pay? Their spotless résumé? Nope, nope, and nope....

Wait—skip spending my whole day in meetings? How could I ever leave that? The reasons to go independent—to work for yourself, make your own calls, and create your own opportunities—are...