You know that weird frustration when you’re praised but not actually helped to grow? Many years ago, early in my career, I was in a role where I consistently ranked at the top. My manager would always tell me how proud he was of my work. I was the person people called when things needed fixing...

  There’s nothing like wrapping up a 10-hour day, closing Slack, and realizing…you didn’t actually do anything! You just responded to one fire after another. After 30 years in the game, trust me, I’ve been stuck in that loop more times than I care to admit. Especially when we were flooded with i...

  I come from a lineage of warriors in heels. My mom, my tías, and my abuela didn’t just talk about hard work; they lived it. I was raised with the mantra: “Mija, pon la cabeza abajo y trabaja el doble.” (Keep your head down and work twice as hard). Education was everything. Excellence was expec...

  Several years ago in my corporate career, I sat in a quarterly planning meeting, feeling sharp. The deck was polished. I had the talking points down. Then, the managing director turned to me and asked: “So… how does this ladder up to the broader company strategy?” I blanked. Not because I didn...

  Last week, I caught myself doing something I hadn't done in a while. I found myself wishing I was back in the corporate world with a team to delegate to as I spent hours deep in the weeds of a project. I was knee-deep in drafting a strategy document, caught up in the details, when it hit me. E...

“Y si me ven usando AI, ¿qué van a pensar?” 😱 ("If they see me using AI, what will they think?”) That’s what a colleague told me recently when I asked if she was using AI tools like ChatGPT at work. She hesitated, not because she doubted AI’s capabilities but because she worried about how it wou...