We All Have Superpowers
Life is full of friction and fractures – in work, in relationships and in ourselves. I’m interested in how people find strength in the cracks to create and thrive anyway.
They Say Diamonds are Made Under Pressure.
I’m more interested in getting to the sparkle without the heat.
Human beings are powerful, creative, adaptable, and unpredictable. But the systems, expectations, and pressures around us often create unnecessary friction.
Sometimes that friction can be reduced through better alignment, rhythm, and understanding.
Sometimes it reaches inflection points that force us to recover something essential about who we are.
CREATIVE CLOCK
How builders and makers reduce unnecessary friction through rhythm, alignment, and human-centered productivity.
IDEAS & ESSAYS
Essays across my body of work on creativity, leadership, AI, resilience, and the messy realities of being human.
CLOCK WORKS
Helping teams and organizations navigate complexity, recovery, and stronger ways forward.
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Essays & Ideas
Thoughts on creativity, productivity, leadership, AI tools and the human experience.
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Failures in the Friction
Read more: Failures in the FrictionA story about invisible barriers, friction, and why alignment matters.
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Do You Know What Your Colors are?
Read more: Do You Know What Your Colors are?The single most important key to your creative productivity is understanding how you work creatively
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Why the Self-Help Productivity Industry has Probably Failed You
Read more: Why the Self-Help Productivity Industry has Probably Failed YouIt’s not you. It’s them. But you can fix it.
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What an Online Mobile War Game Taught Me about Creativity
Read more: What an Online Mobile War Game Taught Me about CreativityStrategy, uncertainty and real human behavior.
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Creativity isn’t separate from systems, leadership, technology, or survival. Human beings are messy, rhythmic, emotional creatures trying to build meaningful things inside structures that rarely fit them. That’s where the real work begins.
— MJ O’Neill
MJ O’Neill – At the Intersection of creativity, systems and human behavior
I’ve spent my career moving between worlds that aren’t supposed to fit together—enterprise systems, AI products, creative business, fiction writing, productivity frameworks, and entrepreneurship. Somewhere along the way, I realized the tension between creativity and structure isn’t a flaw in modern work. It’s the whole story.
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