top of page

Welcome to
Meg's Blog
Subscribe




Stop wasting time on AI fluency projects
If your business model prints cash, then by all means, have a 20% project policy or an AI fluency boondoggle-fest. But if you are under real pressure to build an AI-first or AI-efficient business, just stop. It's not that fluency projects aren't important, they simply aren't efficient, and they are contributing to layoffs.

Meg Bear
Jun 283 min read


Failure to communicate
I'm noticing a distressing trend, it feels like we are living in a novella where people are misunderstanding each other in ways that make the audience (me) both frustrated and sad.

Meg Bear
Jun 216 min read


Q4 2024 |Q1 2025 Book Reports
The last several months have been emotionally charged for me. I've been intentionally investing in more reading

Meg Bear
Mar 124 min read


Ask better questions
One of the things I’m most excited about in this Ambiguity Age is the realization that we are forced to ask better questions.

Meg Bear
Mar 112 min read




The power in saying I don't know
One thing that set me back early in my career was being completely obtuse about how much people hate to admit they don't know.

Meg Bear
Sep 20, 20245 min read


Digital Everything
Attending TED after just finishing Kara's Burn Book had me reflecting on her comment that everything will be digital.

Meg Bear
Apr 28, 20241 min read


My crazy K-12 education experience
My interest and passion for learning and development (and opportunity gaps) is due to my own complex educational background.

Meg Bear
Apr 24, 20248 min read


Software Industry Post-ZIRP
As you all know I’ve been talking to a lot of people these days. I’m also reading a lot and I’m thinking even more.

Meg Bear
Apr 12, 20244 min read


Religion Disclaimer
Recovering from generational trauma is not for the faint of heart.

Meg Bear
Apr 5, 20242 min read


What I learned at SuccessConnect and HRTech
There’s a roulette scene in the all-time classic film Casablanca where hero and casino proprietor Rick helps a young couple in distress

Meg Bear
Sep 18, 20224 min read


Curiosity -THE urgent skill gap
Intellectual curiosity is the skill we all need to build. We need to recruit for it, promote it, and most importantly develop it. Every day.

Meg Bear
Aug 1, 20202 min read
Use it or lose it
While attempting to fix a network issue at home* we stumbled upon a box of old floppy disks.

Meg Bear
Dec 11, 20082 min read
Kids these days
There has been a lot of talk in the industry about Millennials and how they impact a talent strategy.

Meg Bear
Apr 7, 20083 min read
bottom of page