Chris Kopp 7/15/26 Chris Kopp 7/15/26

The Time I Found Out I was Replaced…via a Slide Deck

I've had some bad days in my career. But nothing quite prepared me for the moment I found out I'd been replaced. Live. In a meeting. From a bullet point on a slide deck.

Read on to find out what happened next, and why it turned out to be a bigger turning point than I ever expected.

Chris Kopp 9/27/25 Chris Kopp 9/27/25

When Good Intentions Meet Bad Execution

I love riding my bike on a 61-mile bike trail called the Silver Comet. It’s a couple of miles from where I live and is part of the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy program. It winds through trees and tunnels and over bridges, has plenty of shade and is usually not very crowded.

But recently, one warning sign stood out to me in a way it never had before.