The Competency Trap
This essay examines why AI will expose the dangerous gap between what we measure and what actually matters—and why outdated assessment tools will increasingly mislabel high performers, reinforce bias, and create hidden harm.
This section includes some of my other essays I have written over the years. Currently most of these are related to the world of talent development and my more recent personal passion related to helping people truly understand "what money is" and financial literacy. Over time, I plan to share more essays and short writings on a variety of topics ranging from leadership development, general professional and self-development, and innovation. Ideally through the lens of AI and its impact on our future. Let me know what topics interest you the most. For now, feel free to browse through the essays below. And follow me on LinkedIn or X (previously Twitter) to get notified when I share new content.
This essay examines why AI will expose the dangerous gap between what we measure and what actually matters—and why outdated assessment tools will increasingly mislabel high performers, reinforce bias, and create hidden harm.
In a world of infinite information access, competitive advantage comes not from what you know, but from what you're willing to stop believing. Why "letting go" is the new organizational capability.
Executives privately admit their training programs don't work—yet publicly celebrate completion rates and satisfaction scores. Why AI is making this silence increasingly unsustainable.
Most leadership development fails because we keep recycling methods that can't solve the core problem: you need self-awareness to develop self-awareness. Traditional approaches break down in predictable ways. For less than two minutes a day, with AI's help leaders can now generate behavioral data that accumulates indefinitely.
We work our entire lives inside an economic system we barely understand. Why traditional financial literacy programs fail—and what actually helps people make sense of how value works.
Most people spend decades working for money but only minutes understanding how money works. This essay simplifies the core mechanics of the monetary system and explores why so many feel perpetually financially insecure—even when they "do everything right." But its deeper purpose is to show that AI has changed the learning landscape forever.