SCRIBESPEAKS

CEO Jody Knowles reflects on the ScribeConcepts’s Fall 2025 Leadership Summit. Read how she highlights the importance of patience, trusting the process, and finding value beyond immediate results. From the River to the Mountains: Finding Payoff in Patience | ScribeConcepts

CEO Jody Knowles reminisces on summer as a season of shift, a time for purposeful pause. Read how she has embraced the transitions in her leadership journey. A Season of Shift: Transition, Change & Leadership in Business | ScribeConcepts

So, where was my mistake? It was in bullheaded belief that I alone could direct and manage a company in an industry where I had no background. It was in the drive to work harder than everyone else to prove I belonged. It was in pushing a team that had grown under different leadership to believe things could be not just different, but better.

Recently, I took a significant risk–establishing a Steering Committee, a concept introduced by one of my career mentors.

Two years ago, I was grappling with the unexpected—the loss of my husband, a founder whose vision built ScribeConcepts, and the decision to

One of my goals for ScribeConcepts is to explore new horizons in publishing that align with our mission and expand our focus.

Taking over an organization with such a profound legacy has been a transformative experience, and I want to educate, inspire, and learn.