I write about arguments a reader can carry into a room without me. Last month I caught four sentences in my own finished drafts that were confident, well made, and not true about my life. Nobody would have flagged them. The test I ask of readers is the one I had not been applying to myself. #BiZStoryGuru #AndIfWeDont #ExecutiveCommunication

On Monday, July 23, 1990, I walked into Andersen Consulting for my first day. Starched white shirt, dark suit, power tie, and no clue what that first step would lead to. We all learned COBOL that summer. Nothing about that Monday told me I would spend three decades in enterprise software, land in PropTech, or coach leaders on how to move a room. Thirty-six years later, that Monday is the only fixed point on the line. Strip the names and dates from your bio. What is left?

I spent some time over the past few weeks vibe-coding two more domain-specific applications. Because they all live within the same golf ecosystem, they share common foundational elements: players, handicaps, and courses. I expected to more more quickly with common items already complete and functional. Unfortunately, that was not the case. As the builds grew more complex, even with prompts that asked to reuse where possible, it was obvious, things were beginning to drift. At

My journey with code began in 1984, squinting at a VIC-20 and teaching myself BASIC. Later that school year, I was handling physical punch cards in my first formal computer class. From there, the path was a classic tour of the era: Pascal and Fortran in college, followed by a deep dive into COBOL during my time at Andersen Consulting. The logic of programming always came to me naturally; the syntax was simply the hurdle to be cleared. As I progressed, the complexity increased

AI can generate the words and the images, but it cannot craft the narrative. It is a powerful tool, but it is an indifferent storyteller. Words and images are simply the raw materials of communication. They are the bricks, the paint, and the cloth. But raw materials alone do not build a house, paint a masterpiece, or tailor a suit. They require vision, purpose, and a human hand to give them form. The Speed vs. Meaning Trap Large language models can create endless combinations