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Field Notes

Thoughts on technology, leadership, travel, and life.

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Building AI Into a Community Bank โ€” What Actually Works

Most AI implementations in banking fail not because of the technology, but because of the implementation strategy. After leading this initiative from the inside, here's what I learned.

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25 Years in IT: What the Industry Gets Wrong About Leadership

The best technology leaders I've known weren't the best technologists โ€” they were the best listeners. A career's worth of observations on what leadership actually means.

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Planning 14 Days in Ireland Without Losing Your Mind

Ireland rewards the prepared traveler and punishes the over-planner in equal measure. Here's how I'm approaching the most anticipated trip of my life.

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Why Wisconsin is the Best Kept Secret in the Midwest

People fly over Wisconsin on their way to somewhere else. That's exactly why it's worth stopping. From Door County to the Dells to Madison's isthmus โ€” the state delivers.

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