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Wired for Purpose – Week 10: Presence
June 14, 2026
This week, I learned a lesson from a loaf of bread. A few days ago, I baked a loaf that came out nearly perfect. Great…
Wired for Purpose — Week 9: Attention
June 12, 2026
Attention is more valuable than time. Learn how protecting your focus can improve leadership, clarity, and direction in a distracted world.
The Other Alignment Problem
June 9, 2026
Anthropic is asking how to align AI with human goals. The deeper question for leaders is whether we remain aligned with our own as AI, automation, and decision-making accelerate.
Wired for Purpose — Week 8: Signal and Noise
June 3, 2026
Learn how to separate signal from noise, protect your attention, and find clarity in a world filled with constant distraction and information overload.
The New IT Sprawl Is AI Sprawl
June 1, 2026
Organizations spent years managing application sprawl and cloud sprawl. Now a new challenge is emerging: AI sprawl. Here’s why leadership and direction matter more than ever.
Wired for Purpose — Week 7: Margin and Recovery
May 27, 2026
Mental margin protects clarity, judgment, and resilience in fast-moving leadership environments. Recovery is part of the system.
The Quiet Trade Nobody Talks About in AI
May 26, 2026
AI was supposed to make work more human by removing repetitive tasks. Instead, many people now feel like they are operating at machine speed while AI does the thinking. This is not just a technology conversation anymore. It is a conversation about trust, leadership, burnout, and what it means to stay human inside modern work.
The AI Stack Problem No One Planned For
May 20, 2026
Most enterprises are running Copilot, ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Grok in parallel — with no rationalization, no governance, and no operating model.
Wired for Purpose — Week 6: Daily Alignment
May 17, 2026
Daily alignment helps leaders focus on what truly matters before distractions and urgency take over the day.
Wired for Purpose — Week 5: Healthy Latency
May 10, 2026
Healthy latency creates space for better thinking, stronger decisions, and intentional leadership in fast-moving environments.
Featured in Human Capital Leadership Review: When Technology Moves Faster Than Clarity, Leadership Breaks First
May 6, 2026
Michael Earls shares insights on leadership, AI, and clarity in fast-moving organizations in his featured article published by Human Capital Leadership Review.
Wired for Purpose — Week 4: Foundation
May 3, 2026
Most people run on default habits they never chose. Learn how to audit and reconfigure your daily systems for better focus and leadership.
Your AI Agent Isn’t the Problem. Your Infrastructure Is.
April 30, 2026
AI agents are ready—but most enterprises aren’t. The real gap isn’t the model, it’s infrastructure, data, and direction.
Wired for Purpose — Week 3: Foundation
April 26, 2026
A simple daily work journal can transform how you track decisions, lessons, and growth. Learn how leaders build self-observability.
AI Has an Ownership Problem.
April 24, 2026
AI doesn’t fail because of technology—it fails without clarity and ownership. Here’s how to move from disconnected pilots to real business outcomes.
Wired for Purpose — Week 2: Foundation
April 20, 2026
Incident readiness isn’t built in the moment—it’s built in preparation. Learn how leaders develop habits that show up when pressure hits.
The Hidden Cost of AI: Why Data Centers Are Drinking the Future
April 15, 2026
AI is accelerating demand for data centers—but behind the compute is a growing dependency on water. Here’s why water usage is becoming the next constraint in cloud and AI.
Wired for Purpose — Week 1
April 13, 2026
A simple morning routine for leaders to reclaim focus, clarity, and direction before the day takes over. Part of the Wired for Purpose series.
AI Has the Same Problem Cloud Did — No One Owns It
April 9, 2026
AI isn’t failing because of technology—it’s failing because no one owns it. Learn how unclear ownership and operating models limit real transformation.
AI Agents Are the New Cloud Spend Problem
April 8, 2026
AI agents aren’t just automating work—they’re introducing a new kind of cloud cost. Without guardrails, autonomy turns into unbounded spend.