Over the past few years, some of my most viewed posts have been the most personal. When I write about the messy middle of my life, people engage. When I share something raw or unresolved, the response is often overwhelming, and I’m grateful for it.
But those moments aren’t the work.
The work is the inclusion frameworks.The strategy.The metrics.The boardroom conversations.The mentoring that helps leaders build inclusive confidence.The quiet systems that make belonging feel possible, not performative.
And that story? That’s the one I most want people to understand.
This is the fourth and final video in this short reflection series. It’s about how personal stories connect us—but the strategic, systems-based story is what drives change.
📖 Transcript (for accessibility)
Over the years, I’ve shared a lot of personal moments—stories from the “messy middle” of life and leadership.
And those posts?They tend to resonate the most.They spark conversation.They’re relatable.And they’ve all had tens of thousands of views.
But here’s what I want people to understand:My story is not my work.
My work is inclusion as strategy.As business practice.As economic value.As leadership.
And that story?The one about the models, the mentoring, the 24+ metrics, the deep systems thinking?That story often gets missed—because it doesn’t live on the surface.
It’s quieter.It’s structured.It’s built over decades.But it’s what I bring into every boardroom, every leadership session, every cultural audit I support.
That’s the story I’m most proud of.
So yes, my life has shaped the work.But the work is its own story now.
The one I want leaders to see.The one that makes inclusion not just possible—but practical.
And as for my biography?
Well…that’s a few years away.Unless someone else writes it first.
💬 Your Turn
What’s the story beneath your story?The strategy you’ve been building all along—quietly, deliberately, maybe even without recognition?
If you feel like sharing it, I’d love to hear what you’re proud of building, too.
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