A blog exploring how design and systems shape our sense of belonging – and how belonging shapes them right back.
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Performance Isn’t a Snapshot – It’s a Ride: Why We Need Better Maps, Not More Metrics
A few months ago, I was interviewing for a role centered around employee development – an area I genuinely care about. It was the second interview. And while…
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The Trash Can Effect (Revisited): When Shared Spaces Overflow With Assumptions
Because sometimes, it’s not the trash itself – but what we assume others will (or won’t) do about it – that creates the tension. Recently, a friend mentioned…
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Buzzed on Identity: Why Belonging Feels So Hard Right Now
As I set my coffee down next to the couch, she, roughly 1,500 miles away on her couch, exhaled and pronounced: “I just feel like people take their…
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Rethinking Growth: Scootching, Playpens, and the Real Design Challenges of Belonging
What babies, boundaries, and brains can teach us about learning – and how our systems are still missing the point. The other day, a friend made an offhand,…
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The Beautiful Weirdness of Belonging (and Why Mushrooms Felt Like the Right Place to Start)
This is why I’m starting a blog about belonging, design, and the quiet systems shaping how we connect in the world. And no, it won’t always be about…
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