by Tony Zampella | Oct 13, 2026 | Wisdom
Every week brings another warning from inside AI labs to pay as much attention to AI’s perils as its promises. Yet, we remain transfixed by what these systems can do, and how quickly they do more. Are we wise enough to live with our creation? For nearly two years,...
by Tony Zampella | Jul 20, 2026 | Learning/Coaching
A client, Kathy, arrives at a coaching session exhausted. “I know exactly what I need to do,” she says. “I just can’t seem to do it.” The coaching conversation quickly turns toward goals, accountability, habits, and confidence. Together, coach and client begin...
by Tony Zampella | Apr 20, 2026 | Communication, Leadership, Practice
In a previous essay on coaching, politics, and democracy, I explored what it means to treat democracy as a living conversation—and offered practices to sustain it. The foundational practice included a simple, but essential commitment: good faith. Since then,...
by Tony Zampella | Mar 12, 2026 | Wisdom
In the Star Trek: Voyager episode “Sacred Ground,” Captain Kathryn Janeway—a trained scientist with a background in quantum cosmology and a former chief science officer—faces a crisis she cannot solve through conventional means. When crewmember Kes is rendered...
by Tony Zampella | May 12, 2025 | Leadership, Wisdom
My aunt, with whom I lived for five years beginning at age eight, never spoke about values—but you always knew where she stood. Her quiet consistency taught me early on that principles aren’t things we talk about; they’re things we live by. Recently, in a leadership...
