2025 Fogbreakers: A Year of Clarity, Creativity & Connection
As the year winds down, I am especially grateful that consulting tapped into my favorite things: connecting, collaborating, creating, coaching, learning, and living a “bi-coastal” life between the Gulf Coast and New England. This year reminded me that clarity often comes from conversation, and that human connection and curiosity are still the real secret sauce. I am thankful for every project, quick Zoom, and coffee-shop moment that shaped this season.
One milestone stands out. Sailing with Angels, a Poetic Tale of Grief and Grit, my first book and a recent Faulkner-Wisdom Award shortlist honoree, arrives in May and pre-sales are now available online. Bringing a book to life has been a rewarding adventure that stretched me in all the right ways. Learn more at my author site www.LauraBrielSullivan.com
True to my love of learning, I also tackled a trio of stretch projects: earning FourSight certification, building Salesforce agent functionality, and teaching myself Canva. FourSight is my new favorite tool to bring teams together, focusing on the four key ingredients of creative problem solving - clarifying, ideating, developing and implementing. If you haven’t gone through a FourSight session, I highly recommend it.
AI became a surprising companion throughout the year. It fed my curiosity, helped me curate perspectives, and nudged me back into my history-major mindset of fact-checking and validating sources. What began as a tool grew into a collaborator in thinking and planning.
This year’s work varied widely, but the through-line stayed the same: helping organizations find clarity and momentum. Highlights included the AI and data speaker circuit, partnerships with a fifty-year-old nonprofit to strengthen revenue strategy, support for an AI product long imagined in commercial banking, and passion projects like boosting Gulf Coast businesses and helping 1953 Tequila find its footing in the Martha’s Vineyard sipping circuit.
As you look ahead to 2026, support is available in several areas:
Annual planning and offsites
FourSight Training for Creative Problem Solving and Team Building
Data and AI readiness for banks and FSIs
Go-to-market strategy
Market insights and outside-in perspective
If someone in your circle could use a thought partner, feel free to send them to www.FogbreakAdvisors.com
Warmly,
Laura
