What has my attention right now.
The client work, which is still my favorite
Moving owners from Operator to Owner. The Diagnostic Deep Dive is where it starts, and it's the part I'd never hand to anyone else. I go looking for the root cause, not the symptom, so the business can scale with profit, freedom, and a lot less chaos.
I'm also running The Guild, a small collective of owners building companies that serve their lives instead of consuming them.
Putting AI to real work
After fifteen years in business, the last stretch brought back a spark. I stopped treating AI as a tool and started treating it as a thinking partner. Now I build agents that handle meeting prep, follow-ups, content, and accountability, for my team and for my clients.
I teach a lot of this live in my Unlocking AI workshops. Most of us are still only scratching the surface.
Team wellbeing, on the agenda for once
Mental health for owners and their teams is one of my north stars. I joined a Greater Austin Chamber panel on workplace wellbeing, where we got into preventative care, smarter benefits, and work that's designed better in the first place.
Healthy people and high performance are not a trade-off. I want more leaders to see that.
The Biz Doctor® Podcast
Still recording, still ranked in the top 3% globally. Have a listen.
On the lighter side
Austin is home and I love celebrating wins here, including finally collecting my Austin Under 40 photos a year after the award.
I'm a recovering perfectionist learning to do things messy. Lately I'm betting on myself, staying visible, and having more fun with the work than I've had in years.
Want to talk through any of this? Find me at Golden Key Partnership or on LinkedIn.
Last updated July 2026.