Head of Human-AI Shenanigans
I'm Deb. I'm 57, I have ADHD, three cats, and a business I built from the ashes of a layoff I didn't see coming.
I spent almost 25 years at Accenture. I expected to retire there. Instead, I got laid off in March 2024 - right after partial hospitalization for depression and right after losing my dad. The timing was cinematic in the worst possible way.
I could've spent the next year applying for jobs I didn't want in a market that wasn't hiring. Instead, I started building. First a community for other laid-off Accenture folx (Accent on Our Future - it still meets weekly, 1,000+ members strong). Then a newsletter. Then workshops teaching AI to women who'd been told - by the industry, by the culture, by that voice in their own head - that they'd missed the boat.
Turns out, I'm a really good teacher when the subject is "here's something that scared me until I figured out it couldn't actually break." That's what I do now. I teach AI to midlife women who are smart, capable, and tired of feeling like the world moved on without them.
I'm not a developer. I'm not an engineer. I'm a former HR person with a loud mouth, a purple aesthetic, and a deep belief that fear - not intelligence, not age, not motivation - is the only thing standing between most women and AI.
Every Monday, I write Mostly Human. It's part AI education, part building-in-public diary, part permission slip. Forty-three issues and counting. I haven't missed a week.
I also run Joy Prompt Club (a community for women learning AI together), teach workshops and cohorts, build digital products, co-host the Rails Optional podcast with my friend Dr. Nicole, and collect cat beds at an alarming rate.
My husband Smidge is my biggest fan and most honest critic. The cats - Kylie, Squeaky, and Pookie - contribute nothing but emotional support and the occasional keyboard interruption.
By the Numbers
43+ weekly issues without missing a beat
Hundreds of women taught AI through workshops and cohorts
40+ free resources built for newsletter subscribers
1,000+ members in Accent on Our Future
3 cats who have never once said "thank you"
Come join us!