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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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What Was Your Mindset Going in at Claremont?

I went in as a master student, and I got my master's degree at Claremont College. The PhD program was a means to an end for me because I wanted to start my own consultancy. So that is actually how I got connected to David Allen for the first time - doing some work with his company. And suddenly I was doing precisely the work I wanted to do.

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