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We were talking about hiring. Talent. The usual. A trusted client I’ve recruited for many years suddenly leaned back and said: “I know you’re feeling it too… something’s shifting.” He didn’t mean the headlines. Or AI. He meant people. The way we work. The way we live. The way we travel. The real revolution in […]

Not your CV. You’re not being ignored. You’re being mirrored. That’s what I told an executive I was coaching who felt stuck. He had the credentials. The experience. The ambition. But offers weren’t landing. So yes, we updated his CV but that was like updating the menu while the kitchen’s closed. The real issue? His

I was recruiting for a Michelin-star chef and I found one. A top-tier talent. Michelin-star territory. So I asked: “What does Michelin star experience mean to you?” He didn’t even blink. “I make my own stars,” he said. That line he dropped? It didn’t cool down. It stayed on the heat and kept cooking my

This isn’t motivation. It’s a warning. I went nuts. (Not by eating them.) But by booking a “human-free” hotel in Montreal. You know, the so-called future of hospitality. The self-service, no-human, fully automated kind. As a recruiter for hospitality worldwide and a hotelier at heart, I wanted to experience it myself. To see the “new

By 2030, the Most Powerful Word in Business will be “HEART”. By 2030, this is where we’re going ✔️ 40% of corporate mission statements will mention “heart” ✔️ 1 in 3 CEO speeches will lead with it ✔️ Over half of executive job descriptions will include it ✔️And “heart” will begin to replace “culture” in

He looked me straight in the eye. “Do you want to hear a CEO’s confession?” he asked. I nodded, still in disbelief that someone like him would tell me what no one else ever heard. “I made it to the top,” he began. “But not through wisdom. Not through purpose. Through pure ego fueled by

It’s not just knowing tech. It’s knowing yourself. AI is fast. But humans? We do something else. We feel. We imagine. We get ideas that change everything. Recent data shows: 9 of the 10 most in-demand skills today are human. Empathy. Creativity. Vision. Emotional clarity. Steve Jobs once said his best ideas came during meditation

You’ve felt it. You walked into a café, a hotel, a restaurant… And something lit you up. You couldn’t explain it. You just felt better. Brighter. More you. So you went back. Not for the coffee. For the frequency. Then one day… same place, new faces, flat energy. Poof. The magic’s gone. Because it was

“We’re not just cooking anymore. We’re prescribing.” That’s what a Michelin-trained chef told me during an interview, a connection that started right here on LinkedIn. I was commissioned to find a visionary chef, not just to lead a kitchen, but to lead a movement. And this mindset? Exactly what my client was searching for. The

No to the voices that said recruitment was too hard. No to giving up when hotels went dark during the pandemic. No to selling my business when buyers came calling. No to walking away when things got brutally tough. Because I know what moves me. And this week, I felt it again. I reached out