On Leadership, Signal Integrity, and the Maturity of Presence There was a time when space in a meeting room was not given. It was taken. In the early years of my career, particularly during the thirty years I lived, studied, and worked in Silicon Valley, validation was often measured by airtime. Speed signaled intelligence. Volume signaled confidence. If you wanted to be heard, you learned to fight for space. And so I did. Not aggressively, but deliberately. I sharpened my ar