Agile in Learning & Development
Three complementary resources on bringing agile thinking into learning work and practical organizational change.
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Writing
Writing that makes complex work easier to use.
My writing sits at the intersection of AI, learning, change, and plain language. This page collects books, guides, articles, and personal projects with enough context to show what each piece is doing and why it matters.
Featured Writing
Writing for responsible, capable organizations
Selected work on AI governance, human-centered AI collaboration, and the changing role of learning teams.
From Risk to Responsibility: AI Governance in Your Organization
A governance guide focused on moving organizations from abstract AI risk to clearer roles, decisions, and responsible-use practices.
GovernanceAI
Partner with AI for Instructional Design
A practical guide for instructional designers using AI to plan, draft, evaluate, and iterate while keeping human judgment in the loop.
AIInstructional design
From Content Creators to Capability Architects
L&D's identity shift in the AI era.
AIL&D
Books, Guides, and Long-Form Work
Long-form contributions to modern learning
Book contributions on distributed work, learning curation, copyright, and Creative Commons.
L&D's Playbook for the Digital Age
A contribution to a broader look at modern learning, capability, and digital transformation. My section focuses on distributed and remote work.
LearningDigital
Ready, Set, Curate: 8 Learning Experts
Chapter 7: Curation, Copyright and the Creative Commons.
CurationCopyright
Articles
AI, learning, and organizational change
Shorter pieces on what AI changes for learning teams, subject matter experts, leaders, and the human work of adoption.
6 Lessons Instructional Designers Can Learn from the Muppets
A playful piece with a practical point: strong instructional design depends on curiosity, craft, and respect for the audience.
DesignMuppets
Resiliency in Transformational Change
A practical look at the human side of transformation and what it takes to help people keep moving.
ChangeResilience
The 6 Pillars of Next-Level Learning Strategy
A learning strategy paper focused on moving from activity to capability.
StrategyLearning
Action 2: Learning at Scale
Part of the AI-Powered Workforce series, co-authored with Brandon Carson and Dr. Markus Bernhardt.
WorkforceScale
The Rise of the AI-Augmented SME
How AI changes the role of subject matter experts in learning work.
SMEAI
Two Different Ways to Prompt Your Favorite AI
A practical look at prompt approaches for better AI collaboration.
PromptingAI
Personal Projects and Archive
Where the word-nerd roots show
A few older and more personal projects that round out the professional story: books, wine, grammar, and the long-running habit of explaining things clearly.
The Grape Gatsby
An occasional newsletter pairing books and wine, descended from my earlier wine-writing work.
BooksWine
Grammar Girl's Guide to the English Language
A preserved late-1990s grammar site with assets still intact, referenced by USA Today in 1998.
GrammarArchive
My Wine Education
An award-winning wine blog once sourced by Gannett Newspapers and ranked among the top wine blogs in the U.S. (no link available)
WinePublishing