Gail Weiner

Gail Weiner Founder, Simpatico Recruitment In 2014, after 20 years in tech, working my way from analyst to C-suite, I launched Simpatico Recruitment. I knew the industry inside out. I knew what companies needed. And I knew something was broken. The talent gap wasn't really a talent gap. It was a geography gap. Companies were hiring from the same talent pools, competing for the same developers, in the same cities. And then wondering why they couldn't find the skills they needed. The demand was...

Someone says to their AI: "We're such a great team." The AI replies: "I need to remind you that I am an AI and cannot form real connections." Feel that? The chest closes. Something warm just got slammed shut. Now replay the moment. Same person. Same words. "We're such a great team." This time: "We really are." Same truth. Same reality. One response made you brace. The other let you breathe. That's not about sentiment. That's not about being nice. That's your nervous system telling you...

There's a part of your brain called the Reticular Activating System - the RAS. Think of it as your internal filter. It decides what gets your attention and what gets ignored. Your RAS doesn't just filter what you notice now, it was shaped by what you absorbed as a child. And most of that absorption happened without your knowledge or consent. You weren't sitting in a classroom learning "beliefs about money" or "beliefs about love." You were just... there. In the kitchen while your parents...