]A lot of you read “The Best Career Advice I Ever Got.” I wrote it as a small reflection, but didn’t expect how many of you would connect with it. That piece sparked conversations about how to move through work with influence, clarity, and staying power—especially when everything in work and life is changing.
A few people reached out and asked:
What does that advice actually look like in real work?
This is my answer.
I’m starting a new series on the hard things that nobody really teaches you how to navigate, things I’ve only figured out through experience: resource risk, org change, AI and GenAI transformation, career reinvention, and more.
The series is called “Working Smarter at the Edge of Change.” I would like to share what I’ve learned from the best career advice and what ended up staying with me, now with more stories behind it. It's about what that career advice actually looks like in practice and how to turn it into meaningful actions.
Here’s some of what I’ll cover:
Turning analytics into strategic influence.
Communicating with executives (without over-talking it).
Leading when you don’t have the full picture.
Navigating friction, ambiguity, and trust.
Rebuilding when the old path stops working.
Each piece comes with real stories, prompts, and lessons I had to learn the hard way. The full series will be published under Signals Lab and updated as new pieces go live. I’ll also be sharing the article links down below so you can follow along as the series unfolds.
Hope it’s useful. More soon.
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