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#136 Complexity & Complicatedness - Sam Spurlin on playing hockey, why he quit teaching, studying at Claremont, leaving a PhD program, working pro bono too start his career, complicated vs complex systems, how to deal with ego in organizations, remote work failures, podcasting with his brother, and the importance of a retrospective meeting

The Pathless Path with Paul Millerd

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PhD Students - How Do You Just Go Be a Consultant?

Being funded by student loans, I had the luxury of like not needing to necessarily make money. When you're a PhD student, that can open doors for better or worse. Once you get once you've done like one project, you can very easily ask for connections to others.

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