A century ago, Le Corbusier looked at chaotic industrial cities and concluded the problem was design. Cities, he argued, should work like machines. Organize housing, traffic, work, and recreation into clean systems, and the city…
Posts TaggedWork Identity
The Harder You Push
There’s a kind of exhaustion that isn’t about workload. The work gets done, your reviews are fine, and you’re not slacking. But something’s off. Not broken, just slightly wrong: like wearing a shoe on the…
The Missing Infrastructure Between Education and Work
A director at a Fortune 500 company told me something last month that’s been sitting with me: “We hire incredibly talented people from top schools. Three months in, half of them look lost. Not incompetent….
The Identity Economy Is Here. Most People Haven’t Noticed Yet.
A former student emailed me last month. She’d been job hunting for six months, getting interviews but no offers. Talented, qualified, checking all the boxes. Then she tried something different. Instead of highlighting her skills,…
Why Most Career Advice Teaches the Wrong Decision Framework
A former student sent me this email last week: “I followed your advice. I turned down the Big Tech offer. Everyone thought I was crazy. I took the smaller role at a company where I…