Category: Operational Leadership

A Candid Conversation Between a Business Strategist and a Technology Leader

Written on February 18, 2026. Posted in Business Leadership, Operational Leadership.

The persistent disconnect between the C-suite and the server room Co-authored by Andrew Bloo and Edward Fox Edward and I no longer operate within the same organizational walls, yet our paths continue to intersect in the shared realization...

Authentic Growth, IT Leadership, Thought Leadership

AI: Some Kind of Wonderful… or Just Static on a Monitor.

Written on February 16, 2026. Posted in Business Leadership, Career, Operational Leadership, Personal Thoughts.

There’s a quiet question a lot of us Gen Xers are asking right now. We built the digital world. Wired it together when nothing worked right, survived the crashes, rebuilt again, and again and again. We weren’t born into tech—we were excitedly...

Authentic Growth, Career Stories, Marketing Truth, Thought Leadership

A Scoreboard Doesn’t Care About Goals, Intentions, or Chaos

Written on February 11, 2026. Posted in Hands In The Soil Marketing Leadership, Operational Leadership, Personal Thoughts.

A scoreboard does not care about your goals. It does not adjust itself for your intentions. It is unmoved by the chaos of the moment. It simply reflects what is true. That is easy to accept in theory. It is harder to accept when you are in...

Why Leaders Still Think HR Is a Speed Bump

Written on February 11, 2026. Posted in Business Leadership, Operational Leadership, Personal Thoughts.

(Leadership Lens: Andrew Bloo | Strategic HR Lens: Reanette Etzler) For decades, leadership culture has been conditioned to see HR as the brake pedal in a business obsessed with speed. Leadership hits the gas.HR reaches for the brakes.And...

Hands in The Soil, Thought Leadership

Leadership Superpowers That Turn Into HR Super-Problems

Written on February 3, 2026. Posted in Business Leadership, Hands In The Soil Marketing Leadership, Operational Leadership.

“Two Cliques. One Table. No Easy Answers.” By Andrew Bloo(HITSLeadership™)& Reanette Etzler(The Strategic HR Coach) Leadership and HR often sit on opposite sides of the same tension. Leadership is wired for momentum: speed,...

Authentic Growth, Hands in The Soil, HR Leadership, Thought Leadership