I asked AI to generate a picture of me based on what it knew about me. The words were correct. The image was not. It gave me two complete hands. The problem is, I only have one. I went back and attached an actual photo of my hand. My little hand. The hand I spent…
It started with a sweatshirt Last weekend, I spent three days at a Lucky Fin Project gathering, a community for people with limb differences, where I serve on the board. At one point, someone mentioned sweatshirts. Not for fashion. Not for comfort. Long sleeves. In the middle of summer. Someone laughed and said they always…
Why authenticity isn’t the same thing as being known. Authenticity is back. Or maybe it never left. Maybe we just forgot what it was supposed to lead to. I keep hearing about it everywhere. In conversations about AI. In leadership discussions. In articles about trust, connection, and workplace culture. The argument usually goes something like…
A conversation with young people changed how I think about AI, trust, and hiding. “AI should be banned.” I didn’t expect that. Recently, I sat down with a group of young people expecting the usual. Curiosity. Excitement. The energy that comes every time some new technology arrives. Instead, disdain. “It doesn’t feel authentic.” “I don’t…
Here’s why we’re not ready. And what has to happen first. Recently, I sat down for breakfast with a senior leader. I was feeling proud of the work I’ve been doing around unhiding and excited to share it. And then they said, as calmly as they could, “I don’t want anyone on my team unhiding…
Over the past few years, more than 1,100 people in my audiences have answered a question I ask when I speak. Many of those answers look like the postcards you see above. What are you hiding? If something came to mind when you read that question, you’re not alone. When I ask it in a…
