Where the standard is tightening, in public.

Since 2017, I have had over 2,400 conversations with women in business about money, power, and what technology actually owes us. These essays are where I work that thinking through in real time. Check Your Default Settings is where that thinking landed clearest.

Some are rough. Some have held up better than I expected. I have left them as they were written because watching the standards tighten in public is the point, not a side effect.

Money, sex and gender, and politics have never operated independently of each other in any woman's career, and 2,400+ interviews make that case in cumulative detail. The same thread runs through the Money, Sex & Politics podcast and throughout everything we are building inside Leading Ladies LLM.

Rose Kaz 10/15/25 Rose Kaz 10/15/25

Gender and Culturally-Responsive Coaching

Will big tech ever get the point of what diverse data really is? TBH, I’m not so sure. As founder of Business 4 Good, I write on culturally-responsive coaching, collective power, and building #Tequity, technology that amplifies human brilliance instead of replacing it.

I write as a multicultural, first-gen college grad and Spanish Jewish woman. I've learned what it's like to move through spaces that weren't built for us. I also know the impact of being seen without needing to explain who you are first. Identity is not a complication. It is power. And when women from undervalued communities are not just using tech but shaping it, we don't just close the gap. We rewrite the rules entirely.

Rose Kaz 5/15/25 Rose Kaz 5/15/25

Building Coalitions, Not Networks

Let's get one thing straight: I love a good connection. But not the shallow kind where people just collect LinkedIn requests like Pokemon cards. I am talking about real connections. Rooted in respect, generosity, and mutual benefit. So no, I am not here to network. I am here to build coalitions. And my hunch is, so are you.

The old models aren't working and the new ones are still taking shape. If you know me, you know I’ve been saying now is exactly the time to be brave, intentional, and unapologetically collaborative, out loud and on repeat for a hot minute or two. Womanism, the wage gap, and why woman-forward does not mean men are not invited. Read the full piece. Then tell me I'm wrong.

Rose Kaz 1/15/25 Rose Kaz 1/15/25

Golden Ticket: Empathy as the Leadership Advantage

Empathy is the most profitable leadership skill you have not fully made yet. It cannot be just because they have to. That is the era of the Soft Boss. We are already in it. I am writing this from a couch in my Soft Boss era, escaping the late-stage capitalism grind. After-all, what does AI eat for breakfast? Human Intelligence, of course.