WHY I WRITE

I write to slow things down. Writing gives me a way to examine work, leadership, creativity, and change with care rather than urgency. It is how I make sense of what I am seeing, learning, and questioning over time.

Much of my writing grows out of lived experience. Leading teams, working inside complex organizations, teaching, and making creative work all surface questions that do not have immediate or simple answers. Writing allows me to stay with those questions long enough to understand what they are really asking.

This is not writing aimed at quick takes or tidy conclusions. It is reflective, sometimes exploratory, and shaped by a belief that thoughtful attention is a form of respect, both for the work itself and for the people doing it.

THEMES & THREADS

Work, Meaning, and Human Dignity
I return often to questions about how people experience work and whether the systems we build honor their time, intelligence, and humanity. This thread runs through my writing on leadership, engagement, and organizational culture.

Engagement, Attention, and Trust
From arts audiences to customers to employees, engagement is never accidental. I write about how attention is earned, how trust is built over time, and how organizations lose both when they prioritize transactions over relationships.

Change, Identity, and the Long View
Change is not only organizational. It is personal. I write about transitions, identity, and how individuals and institutions navigate change over the course of a career, a creative life, or an organization’s evolution.

SELECTED WRITING

My writing is part of a broader practice of reflection that also includes leadership, teaching, and creative work. The questions explored here do not arrive fully formed, nor do they resolve neatly. They develop through experience, conversation, and time.

Some essays are rooted in specific moments or professional contexts, while others return to themes I have been thinking about for years. Taken together, they reflect an ongoing effort to pay attention, make sense of complexity, and remain open to learning.

Strategy in Practice
Much of my writing explores the gap between strategy as it is imagined and strategy as it is lived. I am interested in how decisions, structures, and priorities actually play out inside organizations, especially under conditions of constraint and change.

Learning, Craft, and Development
Teaching has shaped how I think about growth. This thread focuses on craft, discipline, mentorship, and the slow work of developing judgment, whether in leadership, music, or creative practice.

Purpose Before Profiling. Lines of Sight, October 2025.

Leading Through the Messy Middle. Lines of Sight, September 2025.

It’s Not How You Fail - It’s How You Recover. Lines of Sight, August 2025.

Managing Expectations: The Hidden Art of Leadership. Lines of Sight, July 2025.

If you enjoy writing that values clarity over certainty and reflection over reaction, I invite you to spend some time here. Read what resonates, follow threads that interest you, and return as the conversation continues.

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