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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

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  • Corporate

    Heads I Win, Tails You Lose: Avoiding Impossible Trade-offs

    Alignment is the art of minimizing friction in a system and making it easy to achieve the desired outcome. Do…

    January 17, 2019
  • Corporate

    How Predictive Analytics Saved me $1,000 at Lululemon

    The text arrived at 12:19 PM yesterday. I was in the office commons filling up a glass of water.…

    February 23, 2018
  • Books

    Time to Read

    We feel guilty for all that we have not yet read, but overlook how much better read we already…

    December 19, 2017
  • Corporate

    Second-Order Effects (or: Batman was an Unintended Consequence)

    Every action has a consequence, and each consequence has another consequence. These are called Second-Order Effects. Every change you…

    February 27, 2017
  • Corporate

    Farnam Street re:Think Innovation Conference

    Every Sunday, like clockwork, the Farnam Street newsletter arrives in my inbox. Started by Shane Parrish several years ago,…

    October 30, 2016
  • Books

    What’s Right is What Works

    “In 1915, deep in the jungles of South America, the rising conflict between two rival American fruit companies came…

    August 17, 2016
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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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