CD Rogers-Wright

CD's Take - Situations & Solutions

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Every organization faces challenges. Every leader faces decisions. And every problem leaves clues. On CD's Take: Situations & Solutions, leadership practitioner and doctoral researcher CD Rogers-Wright takes a closer look at real situations shaping organizations, teams, and institutions, and breaks down what's really happening beneath the surface. Each episode covers one situation, one honest breakdown, and offers a fix leaders can actually use. Whether the topic is organizational change, workplace culture, crisis response, burnout, innovation, or leadership accountability — the question is al...

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Ford: When Experience Walked Out and AI Walked In 07.07.2026 18:32

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, CD breaks down Ford's recent admission: after replacing hundreds of veteran engineers with AI-driven quality control, the company had to rehire 350 of them. Drawing on 25+ years of leadership experience inside Fortune 500 companies and the federal government, CD unpacks the real story behind Ford's AI stumble — and it's not a technology failure, it&...

Nike: Learning to Just Do It Right Again 18.06.2026 18:38

Send us Fan Mail Episode 4: Nike: Learning to Just Do It Right Again What happens when one of the most successful brands in the world forgets what made it successful in the first place? In this episode, CD examines Nike's leadership crisis—and the comeback story every leader needs to hear. From 2020 to 2024, Nike made a series of decisions that looked logical on paper but quietly eroded the c...

The Slow Burn: Burnout is not Personal, it's an Organizational Crisis 31.05.2026 16:11

Send us Fan Mail CD, a leadership practitioner with 25+ years in Fortune 500 and U.S. federal government roles and a current doctoral researcher, analyzes that burnout builds quietly and is worsening despite increased organizational spending. She asserts that leaders misdiagnose burnout as an individual resilience issue, rely on symbolic wellness initiatives instead of structural change, and pursu...

Hope Is Not a Strategy: The EDSA Leadership Autopsy 22.04.2026 22:51

Send us Fan Mail Privatizing EDSA in Sierra Leone: Fix or Deferred Accountability? CD, a leadership practitioner with 25+ years in Fortune 500 and U.S. federal government roles and a current doctoral researcher, analyzes Sierra Leone’s April 7, 2026, announcement that EDSA’s operations will be privatized by end of 2026 while not being sold. She frames EDSA’s crisis: about 70MW produced versus ~200...

Leading through Disruption 02.04.2026 18:31

Send us Fan Mail Leading Through Disruption CD launches “Situations and Solutions,” drawing on 25+ years in leadership across thousands of companies and the federal government, to analyze real organizational situations and offer practical solutions. Framing the episode around Passover and the Easter season, CD connects today’s widespread workforce disruption, especially in the federal space amid...