Every few weeks, someone in our FlipWork™ community, a friend, a colleague, or one of our AI reinvention sprint participants, asks me the same question. "Monica, which AI should I use?" And every time, I give the same answer: "Which person on your team is the best one?" They pause. Because the a...

I have had this exact conversation hundreds of times. Someone pulls me aside after a keynote, or sends me a DM, or says it quietly in a leadership meeting: "Monica, I tried AI. It just doesn't work for what I do." And every single time, I ask the same follow-up question. "Which model did you u...

From Kleenex to Clarity  My career growth plan included a box of tissues. Sounds sad, I know...but trust me, I’m not crying about it anymore. Let’s be real. Feedback doesn’t always feel like a gift. Sometimes, it feels like a lump of coal wrapped in corporate politeness. When I was early in my c...

The Lesson I Never Forgot. Perfect Isn't Power Let me take you back for a minute. I had just moved to New York City, and I was still figuring out the subway map. I was definitely not hip to the commuter shoe game. I was strutting through the Financial District in heels like I had something to pr...

  Growing up in a small town, the only successful people I saw were doctors, lawyers, and engineers. So naturally, I believed that success meant becoming a doctor. I majored in Biology, minored in Organic Chemistry, and was all set to go to med school… until I realized that I would be committing...

  Not too long ago, success at work was measured by how many hours you clocked in, how late you stayed, and how much you sacrificed for the job. If you weren’t grinding, you weren’t growing. Sound familiar? For many of us, especially women and professionals from communities that had to work twic...