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by Chad Nick Desisto

 
 

How "leadership by example" and good mentorship influenced my personal leadership journey. I hope y'all, whoever you are, find this reflection less mechanistic and sparse than others... this one is more of a sauce. Firstly, there's been a diverse set of leaders in my life, while some have gone unnoticed, some are cartoons...

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Managing Ambiguity — Design Thinking

When I was asked how to manage ambiguity in a conversation with a Director of Product Strategy a number of months ago, I was caught off guard.

First of all, I am not always the most social person… so I was already on edge, but a few days later I got to thinking about it…

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'X' is NOT a Sharing Economy.

Share-hyping. We see this with AI all the time. Do you really use AI or is your solution merely call and response. People were/are just wanting to frame themselves as new and hip when they're tired and busted. They've done the same sort of stretching with the term sharing economies.

 
 
 

0. Inside my little Black Box

- an Innovation Education

 

A Sustainability Criteria from Scratch

I wonder... can this massive rating infrastructure be reduced to attitudes? Can there be a rating system that keeps true to the spirit of sustainability? (spoilers, I think there can be) Those with solid understanding, that don't dog regulation, but who take the initiative to lead, should, in theory, show intrinsic sustainable wisdom through action ...right?

 
 
 

2. Public Sector Innovation: Peak Insights

Remember, as noted adjacent Persona I, Acceptance of and the education of the oppressed party should not be the burden of the oppressed. In order to make good on this long standing core assumption, I pulled together a number of sources that frame up this problem in a snap shot video called DATA CULTURE AND PROFESSIONALISM: INNOVATION SPACE.