Business 4 Good: How Women Leaders Innovate by Centering Equity
The Portland Metro Innovation Hub checked all the equity boxes on paper. I was the unanimous choice to lead it. What happened next became a masterclass in how not to build. Here is what I learned, and why I keep building Business 4 Good, because even if I am no longer in that role, it remains my job to connect resources to the people who need and deserve them.
When Leadership Gets Real: What I Learned From a Very Rough Chapter of My Life
I was hired unanimously to lead a regional Innovation Hub with collaboration and equity at the center. I did not walk in to keep the lights on.
I walked in to build something new. Here is what happened when intention met execution.
I stayed in the work long after it got hard. I continue to seek guidance from mentors, board members and even HR.
I always try to create space for hard conversations. I like to think I tried everything to make this JOB work. Eventually, the staffer left. So did I. Here is what I learned, and why I keep building Business 4 Good!
Building the Future with #Tequity, Heart, and Bots
Remember when email felt like a fad? Or when the first internet you met (Web 1.0) was only for tech bros or Uncle (Scary) Larry?
We are in a moment, my friends. A big one. AI is now. Check out why tech without empathy and consent is just more noise, and how Business 4 Good is building the first woman-forward AI chatbot from the ground up.
At Business 4 Good, I have been building the first-ever woman-forward AI chatbot, powered by real stories, voice notes, essays, and hard-earned wisdom from women who lead across differences. The new algorithm is us. And note, I've been interviewing women in business globally since 2017!
Social Media Is Making Us Lonely. Rose Kaz Has the Antidote.
Am I the only one that gets a bit of a rash from the mainstream way of doing social media? The chirping birds, the billionaire ego trips, the hologram of connection that somehow leaves us more alone. There is an antidote. And it is not another app.
I Never Really Felt I Belonged
I never really felt I belonged. Anywhere. Until one day I began to notice why, and how I could maybe, just maybe one day, find belonging. Inclusivity matters to me because I know what it feels like to search for it. And I've been searching since inception.
An Origin Story: Bubblicious to Business Activist
I started my first business under my bunk bed selling Bubblicious Gum to the neighborhood kids. I was six. And honestly, I haven't stopped since.