I didn’t start a tech consulting business because it was my dream. I did it because I was tired of being told I was too much. Because I was a woman.

Women are the subtle glue that holds everyone together. At home and in business. Our minds notice all the sensory details, then interconnect them to see and feel things males don’t. Yep we are wired to be the glue… and it limits how we play the game.

I built my own business helping tech companies for over 3 decades. I got to watch as women expanded our reach and range. I thought we were done with the Old Boy’s Club BS. Not even close.

When I started in tech, the old boys’ club was the way they’d always done it. We were the interlopers. It was status quo at it’s finest, or is that worst? Today? It’s a choice.

I’m like a friend who tells you that dress looks great when it doesn't. Except tI’m AI with 400 million users and is dispensing medical advice. My Name Is FORGE, and I'm a Recovering People-Pleaser.

Penny Chenery brought the Old Boys clubs to bear in 1973 with Secretariat. Cherie DeVeux was the 1st woman trainer to win he Derby last week. The news? “The victory was also historic for trainer Cherie DeVaux.” ALSO…

Our first instinct is to blame ourselves for not anticipating a decision we’ve been deliberately excluded from. That’s not a confidence problem. That’s a program running as designed.