Writing

Ideas worth sitting with.

Essays, arguments, and short-form thinking on organizations, leadership, and the future of work. Written for people who want to think harder, not just act faster.

Voice & Safety

The Silence Tax: What It Really Costs When People Don't Speak Up

Every time someone chooses silence over speaking, the organization pays. New research on what that bill actually looks like — and who ends up holding it.

July 202612 min read

Change & Adaptation

Stop Managing Change. Start Building Adaptation.

The change management industry is built on a fiction: that disruption is episodic. Here's what happens when you design for permanence instead.

June 20269 min read

Future of Work

The AI Paradox: More Efficiency, Less Meaning

As AI takes over tasks, something unexpected is happening to the human experience of work. Early observations from ongoing research.

May 20268 min read

Leadership

What Leaders Get Wrong About Uncertainty

Most leaders treat uncertainty as a problem to be solved. The ones who thrive treat it as a condition to be navigated. There's a significant difference.

April 20267 min read

Voice & Safety

Psychological Safety Is Necessary. It's Not Sufficient.

The research has been misread. Safety is the floor, not the ceiling — and we've been celebrating the wrong milestone.

March 202610 min read

Change & Adaptation

Why Resilience Is the Wrong Goal

Resilience means bouncing back to where you were. But what if where you were is exactly the problem? The case for adaptation over resilience.

February 20268 min read

Leadership

The Leader Who Asks Better Questions

The most powerful thing a leader can do in a room full of smart people isn't answer questions. It's ask better ones.

January 20266 min read

Future of Work

Employee Voice Is Not a Strategy. It's an Obligation.

We've been framing employee voice as a competitive advantage. That framing lets leaders off the hook. Here's a harder argument.

December 20259 min read

New thinking, when it's ready.

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Katrina

Speaker and organizational thinker exploring how humans, leaders, and organizations adapt to a world of continuous change.

© 2026 Katrina. All rights reserved.

"The world doesn't have a change problem. It has an adaptation problem."