Celebrating Three Years of ReCulturing

Hey Everybody—

I started to write a post about what I’ve learned about writing a book. It then evolved into an article about how culture is the fundamental change behind all of this AI transformation.

And then I decided to practice the behaviors I preach about in ReCulturing, rather than just writing about them.

I did a video.

I want to do more videos. I know I should do more videos. But, frankly, it’s scary. It feels vulnerable. But it also feels exciting. I realized that THAT is exactly what I felt when writing my book. It is what I call “scarcited”, which is a mix of being both scared and excited, feeling like you are on your development edge, and still doing it anyway.

I was scared as I wrote those chapters. I was concerned about how it would be received, about my words being out there permanently. But the excitement of finally being able to share with the world what I had been thinking, practicing, and learning for so many years was the momentum that led me to publish the book.

So, I thought it was the perfect time to celebrate the 3-year launch of ReCulturing into the world, living one of my behaviors: learn every day in my stretch zone.

I hope you enjoy the video. It’s a little long, could be edited, could have taken ten more takes than the ten I already took (!), could have used more hairspray for those loose hairs, and I could have spent more time memorizing what I wanted to say, but I’m choosing progress over perfection here, again, just like I did writing ReCulturing.

I share not only the three tenets that remain relevant in the book, but also three things that are reshaping culture once again with AI, hybrid work, and skills.

Grab a coffee, or a commute, and let me know what resonates, especially if you count yourself “video-averse.” Misery loves company, but courage loves it more.

Thank you for reading, watching, practicing, and ReCulturing alongside me. Here’s to designing the next three years intentionally and with a lot of humanity.

And hey, do that thing today that you’ve been wanting to do, even if it’s the first step. Let me know how it goes.