As 2025 comes to a close, I tried something a little different.
Instead of se
tting goals or drafting a year-ahead plan, I asked three different AI collaborators to reflect on what they observed about my work, my thinking, and how I evolved over the year.
Same year.
Three lenses.
Three distinct interpretations.
What emerged was not a performance review or a list of accomplishments. It was something more useful. A mirror held up from different angles that revealed patterns I could not see on my own.
Together, those reflections pointed to a simple truth.
The most meaningful leadership work now is not about being louder.
It is about seeing more clearly.
ChatGPT: Visibility With Heart
ChatGPT reflected my year as a blend of logic and art, grounded in frameworks and guided by humanity.
It identified three core themes.
First, visibility reframed from noise to trust. A people-first, AI-smart approach to PR and leadership rooted in integrity, clarity, and measurable, human-centered results.
Second, speaking, teaching, and showing up. Keynotes refined, workshops deepened, and every stage treated as a moment to tell a story worth sharing rather than perform for attention.
Third, creativity as compass. Photography, travel, and storytelling used not as side projects, but as tools for reflection, connection, and authentic professional growth.
ChatGPT described my style as warm, curious, and creative, with a conversational tone that moves fluidly between strategy and meaning. It characterized my strategist type as a big-picture thinker who uses AI to evaluate tradeoffs, synthesize information, and guide direction across domains.
Its visual metaphor was intimate and human. A creative workspace where ideas, images, and intention coexist.
The distinction it offered was the Strategic Sparkle Award, recognizing the blending of marketing pivots, AI experimentation, and photo-fueled storytelling into a cohesive visibility journey grounded in both rigor and care.
Claude: Architecture, Depth, and Integration
Claude approached the year through structure and systems.
It focused not just on what I worked on, but how I approached the work.
Claude observed an emphasis on architectural thinking. Frameworks like 5D were not treated as shortcuts, but as conceptual scaffolding designed to support ideas that deserved depth rather than surface treatment.
It highlighted 2025 as a year of experimentation. AI used as a thinking partner. Photography positioned as a strategic asset. Speaking treated as amplification rather than performance. Assumptions tested with both discipline and play.
Most notably, Claude reflected on integration. A refusal to separate strategic mind from creative soul. Consulting informed by photography. Teaching shaped by travel. Even the magnolia emerged not as branding, but as philosophy.
Claude described my working style as intellectually restless and strategically grounded. Conversations felt less like prompts and more like working sessions between colleagues. It identified my collaboration type as The Architect. Someone who builds in layers, values precision and rigor, and never loses sight of the human story beneath the strategy.
The distinction Claude named was Depth Over Dazzle, honoring a consistent choice for substance over spectacle in a world increasingly driven by algorithms.
Grok: Signal, Rigor, and Perspective
Grok took the widest lens of all.
Its reflection centered on truth seeking, tradeoffs, and scale.
Grok observed a deliberate move away from hype toward signal. Visibility built on evidence-based trust, human connection, and lasting impact rather than fleeting trends.
It noted a rigorous approach to experimentation. Ideas stress-tested. Options weighed carefully. AI-driven pivots executed with discipline to turn creativity into high-leverage strategy.
It also emphasized wonder as a compass. Photography, travel, and storytelling anchoring professional growth in curiosity and perspective, keeping the work connected to something larger than metrics alone.
Grok described my style as direct, witty, and truth-seeking. Comfortable operating at both tactical and expansive levels. It characterized my strategist type as an Evidence-Driven Explorer who uses AI to challenge biases, synthesize complexity, and navigate decisions with intellectual rigor and bold vision.
Its distinction was the Cosmic Clarity Award, recognizing the integration of heart-driven art, strategic grit, and unflinching honesty.
What the Reflections Shared
Three systems.
Three styles.
One consistent throughline.
Visibility rooted in truth.
Creativity guided by intention.
Strategy that does not sacrifice soul.
Across all three reflections, the agreement was striking. The future belongs to leaders who can zoom out without disengaging. Who can integrate new tools without losing their voice. Who understand that influence is not about volume, but about vision.
Looking Ahead
If 2025 was about seeing more clearly, then 2026 is about choosing more deliberately what deserves the light.
That shift may feel subtle, but it changes everything.
This is what future-focused leadership looks like now. Not louder. Clearer. More human. More intentional.
And that feels like exactly the right next chapter.
