A lot of corporate work wouldn’t be missed if it disappeared tomorrow.

That’s a thought I didn’t fully understand until I stepped away from corporate to raise my daughter.

I loved my job. I loved being busy.

Then I became a mom.

And suddenly, I was busier than I had ever been in corporate.
It was constant. It didn’t stop. There was always something that needed to be done.

But the difference was undeniable:
If I didn’t do it, someone would notice immediately.
Something would change. Someone would be affected.
I could not skip feeding her, bathing her, caring for her…not once.
I was busy, but busy with things that mattered in a very real way.

That contrast has stayed with me.

Because when I look back at corporate life, and now when I work with teams, I keep coming back to the same question:
Why are we filling our calendars with things that, if they stopped tomorrow, would barely create a ripple?

Work that feels urgent.
Work that looks productive.
Work that fills days, meetings, and capacity.

But work that, in reality, no one would meaningfully miss.

So I often ask teams a simple question:
If this stopped tomorrow… would anyone actually notice?

Not in reporting. Not in theory. But in REAL impact.

Would something break? Would a decision stop? Would anything meaningful change?

Because if the honest answer is no, then the issue usually isn’t effort.

It’s focus.

And this is where I’ve found real value in my work today:
Helping teams step back, evaluate what they’re actually doing, and reconnect their effort to impact, through structured conversations, workshops, and strategic prioritization.

Not to do less.

But to make sure what remains is worth doing in the first place.