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When the Promise Finally Breaks: Introducing “The Gap”

I was thirty-two years old, sitting in a conference room on the fourteenth floor of an office building in downtown Houston, when something broke in me that couldn’t be repaired. The CEO was mid-sentence, explaining why we needed to “recommit to our people” and “rebuild trust with our workforce.” He used the word “family” threeContinue reading “When the Promise Finally Breaks: Introducing “The Gap””

The Collective Shadow: Reflections on Legacy, Chaos, and Change

Sometimes, I find myself in silent dialogue with the dead—my father, grandfather, mentors, and friends who shaped me. These conversations linger in my psyche, their voices etched into my being. They don’t speak back, of course, but I know them so well that I can almost hear their cadence, their energy, their wisdom. It’s strange—whenContinue reading “The Collective Shadow: Reflections on Legacy, Chaos, and Change”