Welcome to Insights — my space for publishing ideas, research, and reflections on technical leadership and the human systems that make or break it.
Here you’ll find:
Publications — peer-reviewed papers and conference presentations that form the foundation of The Emotional Architect.
Fresh perspectives — monthly reflections that expand on themes from my mentoring, book development, and speaking work.
Event recaps and updates — highlights from IEEE Aerospace Conference, WE Local, Women in Manufacturing, and other conferences where I share this framework in action.
I publish here to do what I ask of technical leaders: make the invisible visible. Human-systems failures often hide beneath the surface until they derail the mission. My goal is to surface the patterns, name them, and show you how to engineer better ones.
The Lizard on the Launchpad: Why Technical Disagreement Feels Like an Existential Threat
"Technical leadership isn't about winning an argument; it’s about completing a data set."
We often view business decisions that accept technical risk as a defeat. But business leaders are looking at a map that includes variables—burn rates, customer trust, and strategic survival—that don't have an answer section in an appendix.
Once you place your technical truth on the table, your role changes. You move from the gatekeeper who stops the car to the navigator who helps the driver avoid the potholes.