Thinking aloud.
The questions behind my work often extend beyond a project. Here are a few I’m exploring through Hendrickson Lab, from how teams find shared meaning to what becomes possible when we change our perspective.
Look beneath the obvious.
Reflections on the assumptions, interpretations, and tensions that shape how people work together.
Agreement Is Not the Same as Alignment
A meeting can end with everyone nodding, yet leave people working toward different outcomes. I explore how unspoken interpretations shape priorities, ownership, and what happens next.
What did each person believe we had decided?
Read the essay at Hendrickson Lab ↗Not All Friction Comes From the Same Place
A stalled project or difficult conversation can contain several tensions at once. This reflection examines the value of looking beyond the first explanation to understand what is actually asking for attention.
What else could be contributing to what we see?
Read the essay at Hendrickson Lab ↗Try a different perspective.
Two interactive experiments that use career questions to explore reframing, possibility, and the role of human judgment.
Change the Key
What happens when you approach the same question through a different priority? Inspired by musical key changes, this experiment invites you to hear your experience differently and explore the possibilities that follow.
What changes when something different matters most?
Try Change the Key ↗Trading Fours
Jazz musicians build ideas by responding to one another. This experiment applies that exchange to a career possibility, inviting you to respond to an AI partner’s perspective, develop the idea, and decide what to carry forward.
Where could an idea go if you let the response change it?
Try Trading Fours ↗Essays and experiments open in a new tab on Hendrickson Lab.