How We Can Work Together

After 32 years of making work the priority, I've made a deliberate choice to focus on things I'd made secondary for too long—family, travel, personal interests. I'm not looking to replace my corporate career with another version of the same thing. But I am open to thoughtful, select engagements with people genuinely exploring these ideas, as long as they fit within the balance I'm trying to create.

That's why what follows is structured the way it is. I want to be honest about what I can offer and realistic about my availability. If that sounds like it might align with what you're looking for, here are a few ways we might work together.

75-Minutes Virtual Briefings: Unpacking the Book

These are straightforward conversations where I walk your team through key insights from the Book and we explore how they might—or might not—apply to your context. It's not a sales call. It's a chance to pressure-test these ideas against your specific challenges.

Executive Briefings: For Strategy Offsites (2.5 hours, in-person)

For executive teams or leadership offsites where there's genuine openness to rethinking your approach to learning, an in-person session creates space for deeper exploration. The real value isn't my presentation—it's the conversation it sparks among your own team.

Applying SPARK (virtual, 4-6 hours)

If you read Essay 11 on the SPARK Framework and want help thinking through how to apply it to something you're building, I'm happy to serve as a sounding board. I won't redesign your program or create materials—you do the work. But I'll provide specific suggestions on how SPARK principles might reshape what you're developing.

Sounding Board for AI Startups Disrupting Learning

If you're building something that genuinely challenges how corporate learning works—not just automating the old approach—I'm happy to serve as a "sounding board" for founders wrestling with go-to-market strategy, positioning against incumbents, or translating technical capabilities into value propositions that resonate with buyers.

Speaking Engagements (conferences, events)

I'm open to speaking opportunities where these ideas might provoke useful conversations for larger audiences. These need to be scheduled well in advance given other commitments, and I'll want to understand why this audience and what you hope might shift as a result.