I spent years watching capable people struggle: not because they lacked talent, but because no one taught them how to talk about how they work.

Humanities majors who freeze in interviews. Generalists who get told to “just pick something.” New grads who start jobs and spend months lost.

The problem isn’t them. It’s that we skipped a step.

My background is in architecture. I learned that structure shapes behavior before anyone makes a choice. The same is true for work: how we prepare people shapes how they show up.

That’s why I built Cgility North: a 60-minute workshop that gives people language for how they create value. No personality labels. No job matching. Just clarity they can use.

I write about the gap between education and work, and what it would take to actually close it.