I want to share a few things that have been happening recently that all point to the same underlying shift — how AI is moving from being a tool you use to something you actually collaborate with.AI as a Copilot (Not a Replacement)First, a personal ex...
Good morning, everybody.I want to share a very real, very current situation that’s playing out for me right now — because it perfectly illustrates something important about asynchronous communication, speed, and how companies unknowingly disqualify t...
Good morning, everybody.I want to talk today about hiring — and specifically, how I think about hiring — because it’s one of those areas where small decisions compound incredibly fast, in either direction.I’ve always felt like I was particularly good...
I want to share something I’ve been experimenting with for a little while now, and today you get the very first look at it.I’m calling it The Asynchronous Intelligence Podcast — and it’s exactly what it sounds like:Long-form, meaningful conversations...
Hey everyone — quick apology.I hit send on the last email… with no body.That one’s on me.Here’s the actual message I meant to send, in full:Today I want to talk about something that I think is genuinely going to reshape the way we learn — and how fas...
When King Arthur Baking Company opened its doors in 1790, the United States was a fledgling republic of just thirteen states, and the idea of a national flour brand was almost unimaginable. Today, King Arthur is a household name — its flour and bakin...
When the sirens go off, there’s no time for perfection, no manual to read mid-call, no guarantee of symmetry. Those calls taught me more about leadership, resilience, and systems than any business school ever could. Below are ten lessons born in chao...
The city always feels a little louder at night — sirens stretching like rubber bands, trains wheezing in and out, a rhythm that pretends to be order. We started near the station, where the tracks slice through the capital like a scar. A man was spraw...
There’s something we almost never talk about in EMS — not because it’s rare, but because it doesn’t match the rest of what we see. It doesn’t belong in the same category as cardiac arrests, stabbings, overdoses, trauma codes. It’s too… sacred. Too fr...
Trenton isn’t just rough — it’s a battleground. The city pulses with tension, like a live wire stretched too tight. The houses lean with age, windows dark and hollow, like eyes that have seen too much. It’s the only place I’ve ever worked where you w...
Some EMS shifts end when you clock out. Some haunt you for days. But a shift like this one? It changes you. This city has a way of doing that.I’ve worked in quiet rural systems where a whole week might pass without a single call. I’ve worked in busy...
“You Do It Once? F%*k No — You Do It Eighteen Times”Trenton, 2022There’s this Robin Williams bit where he’s talking about golf — how the Scottish invented it as this torturous game. He pantomimes swinging a club and yelling profanities, and then says...
It was Christmas Eve, and the call came in as “unresponsive adult female.” Mid-30s. No further information.I arrived first. The house was large, quiet, and meticulously decorated. A couple met me at the door — polite, composed, maybe in their sixties...
It came in as a lift assist.That’s one of those calls we almost don’t talk about. A person has fallen — usually older, usually unharmed — and needs help getting up. It’s the EMS equivalent of a courtesy call. No sirens. No adrenaline. No chart, if yo...
