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The Pathless Path with Paul Millerd cover image

#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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What's Your Role Model?

I love reading Craig Mod stuff. I've been trying to read more fiction because I mean part of my story about, you know, working at the Reddies and I went right from grad school to consulting. So in the past couple of years, I actually feel like I do know what I'm doing and can kind of hold my own. Why did you leave New York? It was really simple. My girlfriend at the time was still in LA. I moved to New York to work for undercurrent. And then she got a job in D.C., so I just moved down to Arlington to move in with her.

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