And somehow, that accident opened something much bigger. We landed on the Investigator. And I didn’t explore it alone. Sanne. Nicol. Robin. Different perspectives . Different experiences . Different ways of seeing the same pattern. And that is exactly where the real value lives. Not in the framework. But in the diversity around it. At first, I thought: Will this even be enough? One type. One page. One small corner of the book. But the deeper we went, the more something impor

What Spark + Fire revealed when we stopped pretending empathy is simple The randomizer led us to page 163, the empathy chapter from my book, and I ended up reading most of the chapter this time as the attendees wanted me to keep going. Not the strategy chapters. Not the frameworks. The messy one. The one where I admit that empathy has never been simple for me. Because for most of my life, I have lived between two extremes. Sometimes I feel too much. I absorb tension, grief, a

Guilherme thought his problem was impatience. He thought leadership meant being calm. Measured. Emotionally even. At work, he was “the chill guy.” At home? Not so much. His wife saw the dragon. The irritation. The internal fire. The “just do it” energy. He thought it was something to fix. But here’s the uncomfortable truth: Most leaders are not struggling with weakness. They are struggling with unmanaged power. The Lie We’ve Been Sold About Emotional Maturity We are taught th

Why technical excellence was never the real barrier There is a version of being “stuck” that looks impressive on LinkedIn. You are senior. You deliver. You’re respected for your technical output. You’re reliable. And yet… You feel like you are standing outside the real room. You see influence happening. You see decisions being shaped. You see impact being made. And you are not quite inside it. This is not incompetence. It is not lack of skill. It is often a communication barr

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“Sometimes we’re not breaking glass ceilings — we’re walking barefoot across their shattered pieces.” If you are a woman in tech, you...

Wishing you companionship that warms your heart, belonging that feels like home, and peace that stays with you long after the weekend ends.

I had the joy and honor of facilitating a deeply personal and powerful meetup for the Diversity in Tech NL community. The theme?...

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In today’s multifaceted work environment, growing trust within diverse teams is essential for cultivating innovation and achieving...

🛒🐉 Just as we cannot expect a dragon to change its scales or its unique breath on command, we cannot pick and choose the traits we want...

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