My Superpower

If I had to name my professional superpower, it wouldn’t be strategy. It wouldn’t be operational turnaround. It wouldn't be the ability to see upstream and downstream. It would be this - I’m relatable.

I can sit in a boardroom at 9:00 a.m. discussing EBITDA and be on the warehouse floor at 9:20 a.m. debating the correct way to tape a box and at 9:40 a.m. negotiating a packaging contract - without needing a costume change or a firmware update.

Somewhere along the way I realized something important - people don’t care how impressive you are. They care whether you’re human.

Humor is my cheat code. It’s hard to create hierarchy when you’ve just said,
“Give me a second - I built that model and even I don’t understand it.” Or when you admit you once spent ten minutes confidently explaining the wrong KPI - while everyone politely nodded. I apologize again if you had to sit through those ten minutes (especially if it was on multiple occasions - dohhhh!).

Relatability disarms rooms. Ops vs. Sales? Usually just two groups convinced the other one doesn’t get it. Corporate vs. Floor? Mostly a translation issue - tied together with a complaint about not wearing proper footwear. Founder vs. Team? Half the time it’s just adrenaline meeting reality.

I’ve found that if you laugh at yourself first, speak plainly, admit when you’re wrong, and avoid acting like the smartest person in the room - you can walk into almost any environment and lower the temperature.

Ego hates humor. Trust loves it. And here’s the thing - you don’t lose authority by being relatable. You gain it. Because the person who can deliver a tough message and still be the one people want to sit next to at lunch - that’s influence.

No cape. Just humility, timing, and occasionally a well-placed joke.