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Creative Leaders

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  I’m a hired gun

  06.30.11 | Permalink | Comment?

  I’ve gone independent and I’m thrilled about it. There will be more to come, but in the meantime…. if you need someone to help you develop a product or design strategy, conduct research and identify new opportunities, or develop your design team into something amazing, give me a shout. I’d love to talk.

• Creative Leaders

  Google “People Analytics” study internal leadership

  03.13.11 | Permalink | Comment?

  Love that Google applies it’s expertise in data analytics to understanding internal leadership at Google. Historically, technical expertise was the primary requirement for leadership there. Surprisingly, here’s what they found:
  But Mr. Bock’s group found that technical expertise — the ability, say, to write computer code in your sleep — ranked dead last among Google’s […]

• Creative Leaders

  Effective Creative Leadership

  03.13.11 | Permalink | Comment?

  Just finished a talk at SXSW on Effective Creative Leadership and hope to keep the discussion going. We are going to have a meetup at SXSW at the lego table at 2pm. There is a clearly a need for a supportive group of peers so we can all learn from each other.(#creativeleaders)
  Slides are here: http://bit.ly/fRDExS
  Remember, […]

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