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Reinventing Nerds

Joanie Connell•reinventingnerds.blubrry.net
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People Strategies for Technical People
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Episodes

Scott Krawitz: People Skills for a Technologist

Joanie interviews Scott Krawitz, the CEO of People Driven Solutions Inc (PDSI). PDSI provides technology advisory services, such as the “virtual CTO.” Scott has had many years as a technologist and a leader of technologists and he shares the people strategies he finds work best. Highlights: Q: What are the most critical people skills for a technologist? In nerd parlance, think of it like a network communication model. There are three stages: transmitting, receiving, and processing a message. Q: ...

Sep 12, 2018•27 min

Franklin Taggart: People Strategies for Creative Minds

Joanie interviews Franklin Taggart, a mysterious nerd with an interesting past. Franklin is a musician, podcaster, and audience coach. He’s an extremely creative nerd and, in this episode, he explains how creativity can actually make you unemployable–and how to get around that. Highlights: Q: Are you or are you not a nerd? Or is it not a binary answer? Franklin defines and expands the definition of “nerd.” Q: What’s your story? It was a long strange trip. My employment history and my bank accoun...

Sep 11, 2018•30 min

Joanie Connell: Introduction to Reinventing Nerds

Hi, I’m Joanie Connell, your host of Reinventing Nerds. I’m a nerd myself. But you know what? I don’t think I’m a whole nerd. I think I’m about half nerd. I started out as an electrical engineer in Silicon Valley and, after several years, I decided to go back to graduate school to learn psychology because I wanted to help engineers and other technical people be better at communicating with each other. It’s been about twenty years now and I love it! It’s some of my favorite work. In the Reinventi...

Sep 11, 2018•3 min
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