WELCOME TO BOARDROOM FAIRYTALES

Hey there. Remember me?

After a nice little “busy season” at work, I found a little space to write again, and we’re back with a limited segment: Boardroom Fairytales

Here’s the thing about reading the same picture books on repeat for 5.5 years while finding myself again postpartum, spinning plates with precision in a corporate role, and building a business: patterns start to emerge.

Turns out bedtime stories and boardroom stories are basically the same.

I love creative writing. I love technology. I love organizational psychology and deepening my understanding of why being a good human is always the better choice.

So I did what any exhausted parent would do: I let my imagination run wild, with some red wine and a little help from my friend, Claude.

THE MISSION

Boardroom Fairytales is what happens when classic tales meet modern work wisdom, where organizational psychology meets storytelling, where we finally name the absurd thing everyone’s experiencing but nobody’s saying out loud.

Each story is:

• Witty (because work is absurd and we might as well laugh)

• Punchy (because you don’t have time for fluff)

• Polished (because we’re professionals, dammit)

• Rooted in real organizational psychology (because understanding why we do these things is the first step to doing them better)

Think of this as the glossary your business school textbook forgot to include. The decoder ring for corporate culture. The permission slip to name the thing everyone’s thinking but nobody’s saying.

WHAT TO EXPECT

Over the coming weeks, I’ll be releasing six Boardroom Fairytales:

1. The Emperor’s New Dashboard (just dropped!)

2. Cinderella and the Midnight Deadline

3. Rapunzel’s Inbox Tower

4. Goldilocks and the Three Budgets

5. The Little Mermaid’s Pivot

6. Snow White and the Seven Stakeholders

Each comes with:

• The full fairytale (because story matters)

• Real organizational psychology concepts (because understanding matters)

• Practical applications (because doing something about it matters most)

WHO THIS IS FOR

This is for the person who’s ever nodded along in a meeting while having no idea what’s happening.

For the leader who’s tired of complexity theater and wants to build something real.

For the intern who’s about to ask the obvious question everyone else is afraid to voice.

For the working parent who reads Goodnight Moon and thinks about their unfinished OKRs.

For anyone who’s ever thought: “This is ridiculous. Someone should say something.”

You’re right. It is ridiculous.

Let’s say something.

A NOTE ON TONE

I’m not here to tear down corporations or mock the people trying to do good work within them. I’ve been in those rooms. I’ve made those mistakes. I’ve pretended to understand that dashboard.

This isn’t cynicism. It’s pattern recognition with a sense of humor.

We’re all just trying to figure this out. Some of us are doing it while juggling multiple roles, multiple humans, multiple identities, while the world is crumbling around us.

These stories? They’re love letters to everyone who shows up, asks questions, and tries to make things better anyway.

Welcome to Boardroom Fairytales.