I participate in podcast conversations, panels, roundtables, and leadership forums focused on storytelling, leadership, human-centered design, and culture in the age of AI.
My point-of-view is grounded in entrepreneurship, brand-building, and leadership of creative teams inside complex, mission-driven organizations where strategy, culture, and execution must work together for the work to resonate and generate meaningful impact.
If you’re hosting a conversation where my perspective will bring value, let’s connect on how we can collaborate.
NEXT UP:
That Work podcast
A conversation with founder and creative leader, Tunisia Wilson
Tunisia and I chat about what it feels like to be laid off, career pivots, and creative reslience.
Coming soon
The One Club for Creativity - 2026 Creative Leaders Retreat
Breakout Session: Creativity Under Pressure
How do you sustain bold, high-quality work when pressure intensifies?
TThe world feels so volatile right now. Cultural. Political. Technological. Environmental. Economics. This conversation suddenly feels more relevant than ever. We are under pressure. That pressure is not abstract. It is ambient. And it is showing up inside our organizations. And within our teams.
Creative teams struggle when volatility (external and internal) outpaces systems. When expectations shift midstream, urgency remains undefined, and bold thinking is suppressed before it has time to mature.
Empathetic leadership alone cannot help. Operations and leadership design have to rise to meet the needs of the team.
It takes work to support our teams. Resilience has to be shaped and built with intention. Resilience is DESIGNED.
I anchored the discussion in a simple model: Clarity, Containment, Courage.
Clarity defines what great looks like. When standards are vague, anxiety fills the gap, especially in a world that already feels overwhelming. Containment means structuring volatility. Naming what can flex. Restoring a sense of control. Clarifying who decides. Reducing noise so energy goes toward craft instead of self-protection. Courage underscores psychological safety. With pressure, the instinct can be to narrow thinking or suppress dissent, but leadership has to take a different view and widen the space just enough to preserve ambition and support brave voices.
Leadership and systems steadiness matters. Teams take their cues from your tone long before they take them from the brief.
Resilience is built when pressure is structured, trade-offs are visible, and safety is actively supported.
Thanks to all the leaders in attendance who so generously shared their perspectives. Grateful to The One Club for Creativity for the space for us to be in community. We are stronger when we we come together to build intentionally.
The One Club for Creativity
Virtual Panel: Agency Moves Up: Reaching the Top Floor (Panel Member)
I was invited to be part of an industry leadership panel discussion for the third installment of The One Club for Creativity and book180’s series, Agency's Moves: UP.
Our session focused on demystifying agency structures and management roles, and how to move from maker to leader.
In this sample clip, I discuss the importance of influence for creatives making the transition into leadership. Watch the full conversation here.
Agents of Change Summit
Keynote Speech: Storytelling for Behavior Change (Speaker)
I delivered a keynote on how organizations focused on public health can harness the power of storytelling to drive real public health behavior change. Instead of chasing glossy marketing trends, I showed leaders how to own their credibility and lead with purposeful narratives, turning facts into emotionally resonant, actionable stories. I introduced my SCENE framework as a strategic tool to help public sector teams craft messaging that builds trust, breaks through skepticism, and moves people to act.
Make With Notion Executive Summit
Roundtable: People Impact of AI (Moderator)
During Notion AI’s 2025 Executive Summit, I moderated a roundtable with other leaders. We discussed the People Impact of AI, including exploring how AI is changing the nature of work, effective human-forward, AI-supported strategies for documentation and implementation and how we might reimagine leadership and management in the age of AI.
American Photographic Artists - Women in Photography
The Female Lens - Panel Discussion(Moderator)
I moderated a panel of incredible female leaders from Nike, Netflix, Entertainment Weekly and Amazon Studios, at the inaugural Women in Photography - The Female Lens event for American Photographic Artists.