AUTHOR · COACH · CHIEF HEART OFFICER

Your career should not cost you your life. Your company should not cost you your people. I help with both.

The companies that thrive in an AI-driven world will not be the most efficient. They will be the most human. Whether you are rebuilding your career or rebuilding your team, the work starts here.

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WHAT BROUGHT YOU HERE?

You landed here for a reason.
Which one sounds like yours?

"I was laid off and I'm figuring out what's next."

You didn't choose to be here. But what comes next can actually be yours — built around what matters to you, not what a company decided you were worth.

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"I'm burning out and I need to leave on my terms."

You know something has to change. The Kitchen Table Framework walks you through every step — from naming the fear to taking the first real move.

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"I'm a leader worried about losing my best people."

Culture is currency now. The companies that win in an AI-driven world are the ones where people choose to give their best — not just show up.

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"The most valuable skill you can have in an AI-driven world is the ability to make someone feel like they matter."

— ANN THAI

Ann Thai, author and career transition coach, based in Hawai'i

THE STORY BEHIND THE WORK

Everything I needed to say started with losing everything I had built.

I spent over a decade in tech building cultures, developing people, and solving problems nobody else wanted to touch. Then I was restructured out while on mental health leave. Everything I had built was gone in a span of minutes.

So I moved to Hawai'i and wrote the book that didn't exist yet. Now I coach people through the same crossroads I've lived, and I work with leaders who want to build something worth staying for.

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HOW WE CAN WORK TOGETHER

Three paths forward.

01
Workshops

For leaders and teams ready to build cultures that people choose to stay in. Five pillars of culture that AI can never replace.

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02
Coaching

The Kitchen Table Framework. Private coaching for people in transition who need a witness for the hard work of figuring out what comes next.

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03
Products

The book that started the movement and the guided journal for women done settling. Tools for the work you do on your own time.

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THE BOOK

The Last Human in the Room

The Real Human Cost of AI Efficiencies, Why Your Fear Is Valid, and How to Reclaim Your Power in the Workplace

The book that validates your fear — because your fear is rational — and then asks: what now? The real human cost of AI efficiencies, and how to reclaim your power in the workplace.

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WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING

Real stories, real transitions.

I read this book in one sitting. For the first time, someone put words to what I had been feeling for three years. The fear, the guilt, the sense that something was deeply wrong — and it was not me. It was the system.
Sarah M.
Former Tech PM, now in transition
Ann's workshop changed the way our leadership team talks about culture. We stopped treating retention as a metric and started treating it as a relationship. Our attrition dropped 30% in six months.
James K.
VP of People, Series B startup
The Kitchen Table coaching gave me permission to stop performing and start deciding. I left a six-figure job that was costing me my health, and I have never been more clear about what I actually want.
Diana L.
Operations Director turned consultant