July 11, 2025

When the Gifted Log Off: Why the Digital Economy Rests on the Shoulders of the Few

From insight to consequences to reckoning The digital economy appears as frictionless, infinite, powered by code and data. Beneath the sleek architecture of platforms and algorithms lies a truth that rarely makes it into earnings calls or tech manifestos: The digital world runs on the backs of gifted humans. The journalists, authors, […]
July 2, 2025

When All Goes Dark, Turn on the Light

Do you like mystery movies and detective shows? Me too. Have you ever shouted at the TV as though the characters could hear you or might even answer back? Normally, I watch quietly to get the story. In most detective shows, there’s a scene near the end of the chase where the […]
June 26, 2025

Decision Fatigue

How to Deal with 35,000 Decisions Every Day, Plus AI How did you get this far and achieve so much without knowing about brain science? What more and what better might happen if we looked for neuroscientists and invited them into our community of Gifted Professionals and Communicators? These questions enter my […]
May 29, 2025

Critical Thinking and Systems: Why Your Way May Not Work for Me

What do we gain by naming and practicing something we’ve always done unconsciously? “Do you know what you want?”  It’s a tough question that never goes away. From others and from yourself, this question seeks a truth or satisfaction you may struggle to achieve. It comes at the start of every decision, […]
April 19, 2025

Professions Facing Extinction

Legal Profession Goes First, Then Yours is Next Did you ever think the legal profession would go on the endangered species list? The extinction of a profession has been rare and not at the top of our mind. Forget the lawyer jokes. Whether or not you are a lawyer or hire lawyers, […]
April 11, 2025

Habits Matter More Than Genius

Ordinary people achieve genius outcomes through commitment to doing the work. Most of the work I do is one-on-one. It’s fun and fills me with energy. In my previous career, I worked with boards of directors of professional associations to design, fund, and build certification programs. Three big lessons came from more […]
March 8, 2025

Kerrie Hawkins: The Architect of Connection in a Fractured World 

By Sia Papageorgiou, Co-Founder, Gifted Professionals & Communicators Some people follow career paths. Others forge them—taking the scenic route, collecting knowledge, questioning systems, and building bridges where none exist. Kerrie Hawkins is the latter—an architect of connection. Gifted professionals don’t fit neatly into career boxes. They see patterns before others do, chase […]
February 5, 2025

Is Communication in a Coma?

What Does This New World of Communication Mean to Our Community? Let’s say most of the members of our GPC Community are 45 or older and learned communication principles and practices when freedom of the press was the law of the land and your job or main relationship to the press was […]
January 3, 2025

Transformation Questions Build Curiosity Muscles

Better Questions For Someone at Your Advanced Level What a year! Did anyone get the license number of that truck that just ran over us? Do you have more questions than answers these days? Can I count on you to step into the GCP Community to help us sort this out and […]