A Step Toward Better Conversations
When I launched this Substack, my friend Glen Stovall at State Transition asked me what I actually wanted to get out of it. One of my honest answers was that I wanted more conversations with smart people about interesting things. Writing is a useful artifact and an expression of my thinking on a topic, but the conversations it sparks are often where that thinking sharpens.
This morning I had a long, satisfying conversation with an old colleague who reached out after finding my Substack. It was the kind of exchange that reminded me why I started writing in the first place, and it almost did not happen. They persevered through a lost email and tracked me down on LinkedIn. I nearly missed out on the thing I wanted most because I had made it too hard to actually have a conversation.
I am taking a few steps toward fixing that, and the first is small but concrete. You can now schedule a call with me directly through my website. If you want to talk about something I have written, swap RPG recommendations, or compare notes on what is currently on my reading list, the calendar is open… but I will not be fielding questions about my day job.
This is the first step, not the only one. More to come.