I'm Chad Brown
Veterinarian, hospital executive, educator, and writer. I've worked in barns and boardrooms, different jobs with a surprisingly similar need to watch your step. Born and raised in West Virginia, still stubbornly proud of it.
I write about work, people, careers, and the choices that shape a life. And when there's a microphone in the room, I'd rather be holding it than reading from a program — I speak to professional groups, associations, and leadership teams on careers and leading people.
Mostly housebroken. Rarely domesticated.
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Recent Posts
Everybody Wants Change. Until It Involves Them.
Everybody wants change until it asks something of them personally. Real progress usually starts when someone is willing to absorb the first dose of inconvenience and go first.
The Danger of Old Measurements
A nagging running ache sent me to a specialty shoe store, where I discovered I’d been wearing the wrong size for thirty years. The bigger lesson had less to do with shoes and more to do with the old assumptions we forget to recheck.
The Office Chair Market Is Completely Unhinged
I spent an afternoon test-driving office chairs in a procurement showroom and somehow found myself thinking deeply about lumbar support, armrest articulation, standing desks, floor mats, and the absurd little industries we build around ordinary human discomfort.