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KF #38. Optimizes Work Processes

Jan 13

106: Software and Soft Skills with Artie Jordan

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Artie Jordan says: "When you can see the other person's challenges, all this stuff gets easier."

2U Vice President of IT Artie Jordan talks software and soft skills and how they can be applied to any workplace.

You’ll Learn:

  1. How to keep your team agile
  2. Common pitfalls in communication
  3. The most important soft skill that your team should practice now

About Artie

Artie is a member of 2U’s tech leadership team, former member of the Obama for America team, and founding board member of CSTUY, a non-profit dedicated to bringing opportunities in computer science and technology to middle and high school students. Also a fellow University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign alum. He’s very active in the NY tech meet-up scene and an advocate for professional development and soft-skills training for technical workers. 
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Dec 05

092: Optimized Tools for Planning Anything with Stacey Dyer

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Stacey Dyer says: "Limitations breed creativity."

Stacey Dyer shares how she applied best thinking practices to planning a kick ass wedding, and how we can use the same techniques to plan anything.

You’ll Learn:

  1. How to avoid future mishaps with the time machine methodology
  2. A 5-card hand that you should have in your back pocket to spark great ideas and solutions
  3. Best practices for self-motivation

About Stacey
Stacey Dyer is currently a corporate Director of Customer Experience Design. Stacey is grateful for the mentors she’s had in her career, and thus strives to provide guidance and insight that reflects professional care and expertise. Outside of work, Stacey can be found in vocal sessions within the down tempo, jazz, and EDM space (in addition to running and practicing yoga) or writing blog posts (staceysdiylife.com) and books (Astro-Wed.com).
Prior to her current role, Stacey’s previous experience runs the gamut of in-house to agency side, working with a diverse array of clients from liquor and cigars to healthcare and youth non-profits.

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Dec 02

091: The Path to Truly Productive Leadership with Michael Dolan

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Michael Dolan says: "Sometimes being truly productive looks like not doing anything at all because you realize you need stillness, you need space, you need a break."

Michael Dolan shows us the way to deeper development as truly productive professionals.

You’ll Learn:

  1. Pitfalls to look out for that hinder a deeper development
  2. What’s a “positive no” how to deliver one
  3. Tips and tricks to upgrade your workflow process

About Michael
Before he found his calling as an executive coach, Michael spent 15 years in corporate management, leading teams in the advertising, consumer marketing, and design industries, where he gained deep appreciation for the intense personal and organizational demands that successful executives must meet everyday. Michael has five years of experience as a Senior Coach and Director of Business Development for Coaching Services at The David Allen Company.

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Nov 21

088: Getting Automated with Dan Caspi

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Dan Caspi says: "The speed of your Internet connection, the speed of your computer—all these things are impacting productivity on a day-to-day basis."

Science genius Dan Caspi talks automation, software, and why we shouldn’t be afraid to learn a little code.

You’ll Learn:

  1. Processes that you can automate that you didn’t know you needed to
  2. Nifty hacks to help you maximize Excel
  3. A checklist to serve your need for computer speed.

About Dan
Dan has a PhD. In Organic Chemistry and is a senior scientist at AbbVie. He is also currently serving in a hybrid Process Chemistry/Chemical Engineering position as a member of the Center for Reaction Engineering.
Dan is highly proficient with technology, programming (Perl, Python, PHP, JS, HTML) and computers, and is the computer genius behind Element 26, a boutique computer consulting company based in Evanston, Illinois.

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Aug 24

052: Mind Management for Productivity with David Kadavy

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David Kadavy says: "Productivity isn't so much about time management as it is about mind management."

Author and fellow podcaster David Kadavy discusses how to train yourself to get into and maintain a productive mindset.

You’ll Learn

  1. How to reframe your idea of productivity
  2. How to label different productive states
  3. How to use different activities to get into these productive states

About David

David Kadavy is author of the #18 Amazon best-selling book, Design for Hackers: Reverse-Engineering Beauty and the host of the Love Your Work podcast. Prior to writing Design for Hackers, David founded the Design departments at two Silicon Valley startups, and freelanced for clients such as oDesk, PBworks, and UserVoice. David also launched numerous other projects on his own, none of which failed hard enough to be worthy of mention here.

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