Tag: Leadership
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Lessons Collected Off the Course – 2
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Love Is a Choice, Not a Structure When I was 19, I worked nights at a driving range. Nothing glamorous.Buckets, lights, closing duties.The kind of job where conversations happen because there’s nothing else to do. My closing partner was Allen. He was older than me.Had three daughters.They were all getting married around the same time.…
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From Volume to Value: A Shift Every Golf Operation Faces
One of the hardest transitions in golf operations is moving from chasing rounds to protecting yield. More rounds do not always mean more revenue. That lesson tends to show up at the same point for most courses. The Capacity Wall In one operation I managed, peak season pushed over 6,000 rounds a month. The tee…
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Lessons Collected Off the Course – 1
I Didn’t Know I Had Principles Until Lu Called Lu called me today from China. He told me he started a channel on Red Note.He’s turning 50 this year.So am I. We weren’t talking strategy.We were just catching up. At some point, he said something like,“I don’t really know what I want to say yet.…
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When the AI Tsunami Hits the Human Soul
Author’s Note Written in October 2025.AI is evolving faster than any technology we’ve seen. By the time you read this, some of what I describe may already be outdated — and that’s part of the story. This series isn’t about the tools. It’s about awareness, adaptation, and what it means to stay human in a…
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Some Stay Behind, Others Got Left Behind — The AI Wave Doesn’t Wait
Author’s Note Written in October 2025.AI is evolving faster than any technology we’ve seen. By the time you read this, some of what I describe may already be outdated — and that’s part of the story. This series isn’t about the tools. It’s about awareness, adaptation, and what it means to stay human in a…
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Learning to Work with AI, Not Against It
Author’s Note Written in October 2025.AI is evolving faster than any technology we’ve seen. By the time you read this, some of what I describe may already be outdated — and that’s part of the story. This series isn’t about the tools. It’s about awareness, adaptation, and what it means to stay human in a…
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The Professor’s Pivot: From Catching Students Using AI to Encouraging It
Author’s Note Written in October 2025.AI is evolving faster than any technology we’ve seen. By the time you read this, some of what I describe may already be outdated — and that’s part of the story. This series isn’t about the tools. It’s about awareness, adaptation, and what it means to stay human in a…
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The Conversation No One Wants to Have: As AI Gets Better, Job Opportunities Shrink
Author’s Note Written in October 2025.AI is evolving faster than any technology we’ve seen. By the time you read this, some of what I describe may already be outdated — and that’s part of the story. This series isn’t about the tools. It’s about awareness, adaptation, and what it means to stay human in a…
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Inside the Sugarbush Kitchen Cook-Off
On a cool Michigan Monday in October, the course was quiet — but inside the clubhouse, the energy was unmistakable. This afternoon, we hosted our very first Sugarbush Kitchen Cook-Off, a friendly culinary competition born from a simple rainy-day moment. A few weeks back, I walked into the kitchen to check in on the team.…
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🧠 Awareness: The First Step to Real Change
On our drive to Cleveland, Jou and I talked about something that went deeper than golf. He had an emotional blow-up earlier in the week. I told him that as we grow up, we naturally pick up traits from our parents, our family, and the people around us. But sometimes, those traits aren’t the ones…