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Books

Mind and Hand: A reflection on MIT’s Executive MBA Program

Corporate

How I Got a Job in Innovation

Corporate

Farnam Street re:Think Innovation Conference

Books

What’s Right is What Works

Braille

This TED Talk Will Change How You Feel About American Politics

Books, Corporate

Gallup StrengthsFinder Assessment

  • Corporate, Pass-Along

    Stop Working and Go Home

    Scott Anthony of Innosight published an excellent post on the Harvard Business Review blog. A frequent business traveler, Anthony…

    October 4, 2010
  • Braille

    You’re Not Going to Outsmart the Diamond Business

    That’s what Paul Weber of Long’s Jewelers told me as I was shopping for an engagement ring several months…

    September 30, 2010
  • Pass-Along

    Where Good Ideas Come From

    How do epiphanies happen? Where do the best ideas start? Is there a programmatic way to generate new ideas?…

    September 28, 2010
  • Books

    Predictably Irrational

    In the tradition of The Tipping Point, Blink, Outliers, What the Dog Saw, Freakonomics, Superfreakonomics, Made to Stick, and…

    September 26, 2010
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    Corporate, Pass-Along

    Hiring Milkshakes (and other secrets to product development)

    “People don’t want to buy a quarter-inch drill. They want a quarter-inch hole!” – Theodore Levitt, Professor of Marketing,…

    September 16, 2010
  • Books, Corporate

    What Tom Sawyer Knew and Google Is Learning

    Doing work isn’t fun. Getting other people to do work for you is. You may recall from your grade…

    August 23, 2010
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About Me

My life revolves around moving forward, learning new things, and progressing. I've got a high level of technological curiosity and I love to tinker. My best days are the ones where I feel incredibly productive. I'm passionate about ideas. I read, on average, a book each week.

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