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Josh Waitzkin is an American chess prodigy, international martial arts champion, and author. He was the basis for the book and film “Searching for Bobby Fischer”, which portrayed his childhood rise to the top of the competitive chess world. Waitzkin has since become a successful author, public speaker, and entrepreneur.
Waitzkin was born in New York City and began playing chess at the age of six. He quickly rose to prominence, becoming the youngest U.S. Chess Federation master in history at the age of nine. He went on to become the National Chess Champion three years in a row, and at the age of twelve he achieved the rank of International Master.
In addition to his success in the competitive chess world, Waitzkin also trained and competed in martial arts. After becoming the National Tai Chi Push Hands Champion and the National Tai Chi Chuan Champion, he went on to win the World Championship of Tai Chi Push Hands in 1997.
Waitzkin retired from competitive chess at the age of sixteen to pursue other interests. He attended Columbia University, where he majored in English and studied philosophy and psychology. After college, Waitzkin immersed himself in the world of poker. He became a professional poker player and won the 2006 World Series of Poker.&nbsp;
In addition to his professional successes, Waitzkin is an accomplished author. He wrote the book “The Art of Learning”, which explores his journey to mastery in both chess and martial arts. He also wrote “The Art of Learning: A Journey in the Pursuit of Excellence” and “The Art of Learning Journal”. Waitzkin has been featured in numerous publications, including The New Yorker, The Wall Street Journal, and The New York Times.&nbsp;
Today, Waitzkin is a sought-after public speaker and consultant, as well as a business coach. He has spoken at a variety of conferences and events, including TEDx and the World Economic Forum. In addition to his public speaking engagements, Waitzkin is the co-founder of the Waitzkin Institute, which provides consulting and coaching services to individuals and organizations. He also serves as the chairman of the board of directors for the International Chess Federation.&nbsp;
Josh Waitzkin is an inspirational figure who has achieved success in multiple fields. His dedication to excellence, combined with his ability to adapt to new challenges, has enabled him to achieve a level of success rarely seen in any single field.

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Roger Martin is the Institute Director of the Martin Prosperity Institute and the Michael Lee-Chin Family Institute for Corporate Citizenship at the Rotman School of Management and the Premier’s Chair in Productivity &amp; Competitiveness. From 1998 to 2013, he served as Dean. Previously, he spent 13 years as a Director of Monitor Company, a global strategy consulting firm based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he served as co-head of the firm for two years.
His research work is in Integrative Thinking, Business Design, Strategy, Corporate Social Responsibility, and Country Competitiveness. He writes extensively and is a regular contributor to Harvard Business Review’s The Conversation blog, the Financial Times’ Judgment Call column, and the Guardian Sustainable Business. He has written 24 Harvard Business Review articles and published 10 books: Getting Beyond Better (with Sally Osberg); Harvard Business Review Press (HBRP, 2015); Playing to Win (with A.G. Lafley) (HBRP, 2013); Fixing the Game (HBRP, 2011); The Design of Business (HBRP, 2009); The Opposable Mind (HBRP, 2007); The Responsibility Virus (Basic Books, 2002); Canada: What It Is, What It Can Be (with Jim Milway, Rotman-UTP Publishing, 2012); and Diaminds (with Mihnea Moldoveanu, University of Toronto Press, 2009), and The Future of the MBA (with Mihnea Moldoveanu, Oxford University Press, 2008). In addition, he co-edited Rotman on Design (with Karen Christensen, Rotman-UTP Publishing, 2013).
In 2013, Roger placed 3rd on the Thinkers50 list, a biannual ranking of the most influential global business thinkers, moving up from 6th in 2011 and 32nd in 2009. In 2010, he was named one of the 27 most influential designers in the world by Business Week. In 2007 he was named a Business Week 'B-School All-Star' for being one of the 10 most influential business professors in the world. Business Week also named him one of the seven 'Innovation Gurus' in 2005.

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John D. Saunders is an experienced Digital Marketing Strategist, entrepreneur, and web designer. He has worked with some of the world’s biggest brands, including Land Rover, Audi, the NAACP, and Google, to help them create profitable websites and digital products. He is the founder of 5Four Digital, a digital marketing agency that helps startups achieve success in their online marketing efforts.
John has a passion for helping individuals and businesses achieve their goals through digital marketing. He believes in utilizing the power of the web to reach a wider audience and increase brand awareness. He has extensive knowledge of SEO, PPC, content marketing, design, and analytics. His clients have seen tremendous success in their campaigns thanks to his expert guidance.
John’s entrepreneurial spirit has led him to create several successful projects, including blackwallet.org, blackillustrations.com, and illustratorhub.com. These platforms are dedicated to helping entrepreneurs and creatives of color find success online. John has also been a mentor to several startups, helping them create and implement digital marketing strategies that have resulted in increased revenue and visibility.
John’s commitment to excellence is evident in his work. He is constantly striving to stay ahead of the curve, learning new techniques and technologies to ensure his clients get the best results. He is an avid learner and remains dedicated to helping others succeed. He is passionate about helping businesses reach their goals and create lasting success.

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Jen Oleniczak Brown is the Founder of The Engaging Educator (EE), a women-owned and operated company dedicated to helping people find their unapologetic, authentic, and best voice, communication style, and self through improv-based education. Since 2012, EE has served over 50,000 students, working with such companies as Viacom, Food Network, The New York Times, Saks Fifth Avenue, and CBS.&nbsp;
EE is based out of NYC, LA, SF, and Winston-Salem, NC. Jen’s work can be found in publications like Bustle, Fast Company, Forbes, and Moneyish, as well as her first self-published book Improv(e): Using Improv to Find Your Voice, Style, and Self (Balboa Press, 2018) and the upcoming Think on Your Feet: Tips and Tricks to Improve Your Impromptu Communication Skills on the Job (McGraw Hill Education, November 2019) and Care and Keeping of Museum Professionals (April 2019).&nbsp;
Aside from her entrepreneurial endeavors, Jen has done three TEDx talks on the power of improv, including one TEDxWomen on uplifting and elevating women. A firm believer in the idea that Yes, And can change the world – so firm it’s tattooed on her arm, Jen's personal mission is to empower as many women as possible to stop playing small and know their incredible supernova powers.&nbsp;
She currently lives in Winston Salem, NC, with her husband Alex, dog Drumstick, and about two-dozen houseplants.&nbsp;

Adam Grant is an American psychologist and author widely known for his work on the science of giving, creativity, and organizational psychology. He is the top-rated professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a former professor at the University of Michigan. His first book, Give and Take: A Revolutionary Approach to Success, was a New York Times bestseller.
Grant is a leading authority on the science of giving, creativity, and organizational psychology. He has written or co-written six books, including Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World and Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy. He has also written for The New York Times, The Atlantic Monthly, Harvard Business Review, and other publications.
Grant's research focuses on how giving, taking, and exchanging advice affects an individual’s success. He has studied how to maximize the benefits of giving, how to encourage more successful collaborations, and how to foster an environment of innovation and creativity. He has also explored how to assess and develop leadership potential within organizations and how to build workplace cultures where employees are empowered to do their best work.
Grant has received numerous awards and honors, including being named one of the world's 40 most influential management thinkers by Thinkers50 in 2015, one of the world's 50 most influential management thinkers by Thinkers50 in 2018, and one of the world's most influential management gurus by The Observer in 2018. He is a recipient of the Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Mentoring and was named the Most Influential Thinker of the Decade by Poets &amp; Quants in 2020.
In addition to his academic and writing career, Grant is a frequent speaker for organizations, universities, and conferences around the world. He has presented to audiences of thousands at TEDx events, and he has been featured on television and radio programs such as The Oprah Winfrey Show, 60 Minutes, and NPR’s Fresh Air. He has also served as a visiting professor at Stanford, Cornell, and INSEAD, and he is currently a visiting professor at the London School of Economics.

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Antonio García Martínez is an entrepreneur, investor, writer, and tech industry veteran. He has had a long and varied career, beginning in the early days of the dot-com boom and continuing today. Early in his career, Antonio worked in a variety of roles at companies such as Apple, Microsoft, and Goldman Sachs.
At Apple, Antonio held a variety of positions, including working on the retail side of the business, developing software, and helping to launch the Apple Store. At Microsoft, Antonio was involved in the development of a number of products, including Windows 95 and Windows 98. After leaving Microsoft, Antonio founded Adify, a venture-backed ad network that WPP eventually acquired.
More recently, Antonio has become an investor, author, and thought leader in the technology and venture capital industries. He has invested in a variety of startups, including Twitter, Uber, and Stripe. He is also the author of the book Chaos Monkeys: Obscene Fortune and Random Failure in Silicon Valley, which chronicles his experiences in the tech industry.
In addition to his work as an investor and author, Antonio is a sought-after speaker and thought leader. He has appeared on the TED stage, as well as at conferences including SXSW, DLD, and TechCrunch Disrupt. Antonio is often called upon to provide his expertise and insight into the tech industry, as well as his views on the current state of venture capital and startups.
Overall, Antonio García Martínez is an accomplished entrepreneur, investor, author, and thought leader. His wealth of experience and knowledge from working in and around the tech industry, combined with his excellent communication skills, make him a highly sought-after individual in the industry.

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Having been involved in a lot of well-intentioned innovation and change initiatives in industry, government, and small businesses, Dave Gray noticed that people have an astonishing ability to miscommunicate and misunderstand one another and often work at cross-purposes to the very things they are trying to accomplish.
His objective has been and continues to be finding ways to help people improve their ability to build shared understanding, so they can better coordinate joint action on things that matter to them.
In 1993 He founded XPLANE, the visual thinking company, to help people develop shared understanding, so they can make better, faster decisions and work better together to create a more lasting, sustainable impact. He has written three books on design, change, and innovation.

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Jocko Willink is an American retired Navy Seal officer, author, podcaster, and public speaker. He is best known for his involvement in the Battle of Ramadi, his success in the Navy SEALs, and his leadership philosophy, which is based on discipline, hard work, and respect for others.
Willink was born in Easton, Pennsylvania, on September 8, 1971. He joined the Navy in 1990 and, after graduating from Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL (BUD/S) training, was assigned to SEAL Team 3. During his service in the Navy, Willink completed multiple deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan and was eventually assigned to Task Unit Bruiser, the most decorated special operations unit of the Iraq War. During the Battle of Ramadi, Willink and his team helped to clear the city of insurgent forces, and their exemplary performance earned them the Navy Cross.
Willink retired from the Navy in 2010 and soon after began to share his leadership philosophy. He has authored several books, including Extreme Ownership, Leadership Strategy and Tactics, and Way of the Warrior Kid, as well as co-hosting the popular podcast Jocko Podcast.
Willink is also a respected public speaker, giving talks all over the world on topics such as leadership, discipline, and team building. He is a sought-after keynote speaker for both corporate and military events.
Willink is an advocate for physical and mental fitness, often speaking about the importance of proper nutrition and exercise. He also encourages people to push themselves and strive to become the best versions of themselves.
Willink is a highly respected figure in the military and business worlds, and his words have been an inspiration to many. His leadership philosophy is one that emphasizes discipline, hard work, and respect for others, and these values are ones that have served him well throughout his career.

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Tim Ferriss is an American author, entrepreneur, and public speaker. He is best known for his bestselling book, The 4-Hour Workweek, and for his podcast, The Tim Ferriss Show. Ferriss has been featured in the Time 100 Most Influential People list and has been recognized as one of Fast Company's "Most Innovative Business People."
Ferriss was born in East Hampton, New York, in 1977. He attended St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire, and graduated from Princeton University with a degree in East Asian Studies in 2000. After college, he worked in sales and marketing for a data storage company before starting his own business, BrainQUICKEN, which he eventually sold.
In 2007, Ferriss wrote The 4-Hour Workweek, which became an international bestseller. The book proposed a new way of working that focused on efficiency and productivity and encouraged readers to pursue their dreams and passions. The book was credited with launching the "lifestyle design" movement and has been translated into 35 languages.
In 2010, Ferriss launched his podcast, The Tim Ferriss Show, which is now one of the most popular podcasts in the world. He interviews high-profile guests from various fields, including business, sports, and entertainment. Ferriss has also written several other books, including The 4-Hour Body, The 4-Hour Chef, Tools of Titans, and Tribe of Mentors.
Ferriss has been an active investor, advisor, and board member for a number of companies, including Uber, Evernote, Shopify, and Duolingo. He is a founding member of the Silicon Valley investment firm K9 Ventures and is also a venture partner at the venture capital firm Collaborative Fund.
Ferriss is active in the philanthropic community and has been involved with a number of charities, including DonorsChoose.org, The International Rescue Committee, and the Michael J. Fox Foundation. He is also a member of the Clinton Global Initiative.

Arianna Huffington is a Greek-American author, syndicated columnist, and businesswoman. She was born Arianna Stassinopoulos on July 15, 1950, in Athens, Greece. She moved to the United Kingdom with her family when she was 16 and later studied economics at Girton College, Cambridge.
After graduating, Huffington began her career as a writer and commentator and was a prominent conservative commentator in the UK during the 1970s and 1980s. She later moved to the United States, where she continued her career as a political commentator and became a naturalized citizen in 1990.
In 2005, Huffington co-founded The Huffington Post, a news and opinion website, with Kenneth Lerer and Jonah Peretti. AOL acquired the site in 2011 for $315 million. She served as the site's editor-in-chief from 2005 to 2016.
Huffington is also a prolific author and has written several books, including "The Sleep Revolution," "Thrive," and "The Fourth Instinct: The Call of the Soul." She is also a public speaker and has delivered speeches on various topics, including well-being, media, and politics.
In 2016, Huffington resigned as editor-in-chief of The Huffington Post to focus on her health and wellness startup, Thrive Global, which focuses on reducing workplace stress and burnout. She is still the CEO of Thrive Global.
AOL acquired the Huffington Post in 2011 for $315 million. In 2016, she stepped down as editor-in-chief of The Huffington Post to focus on her new startup, Thrive Global, which aims to end the "epidemic of stress and burnout" by offering corporate wellness programs and products. Huffington is also an author, having written 14 books, including the best-seller "Thrive: The Third Metric to Redefining Success and Creating a Life of Well-Being, Wisdom, and Wonder."

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Barry O'Reilly is a business advisor, entrepreneur, and author who has pioneered the intersection of business model innovation, product development, organizational design, and culture transformation. Barry works with business leaders and teams from global organizations that seek to invent the future, not fear it.&nbsp;
Every day, Barry helps many of the worldâs leading companies, from disruptive startups to Fortune 500 behemoths, break the vicious cycles that spiral businesses toward death by enabling a culture of experimentation and learning to unlock the insights required for better decision-making, higher performance, and results. Barry is the author of Unlearn: Let Go of Past Success to Achieve Extraordinary Results and co-author of the international bestseller Lean Enterprise: How High-Performance Organizations Innovate, Scaleâ included in the Eric Ries series, and a Harvard Business Review must-read for CEOs and business leaders.&nbsp;
He is an internationally sought-after speaker, frequent writer, and contributor to The Economist, Strategy+Business, and MIT Sloan Management Review. Barry is faculty at Singularity University, advising and contributing to Singularityas executive and accelerator programs based in San Francisco and throughout the globe. Barry is the founder of ExecCamp, the entrepreneurial experience for executives and management consultancy Antennae. His mission is to help purposeful, technology-led businesses innovate at scale.

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Nassim Nicholas Taleb is a Lebanese-American essayist, scholar, statistician, and former trader and risk analyst whose work focuses on problems of randomness, probability, and uncertainty. He is the author of several books, including "The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable," which was published in 2007 and became a bestseller.
Taleb is a former trader and risk analyst and has worked as a professor of risk engineering at New York University's Tandon School of Engineering. He has a background in mathematics, statistics, and computer science and has published numerous papers in academic journals on topics related to randomness and uncertainty.
Taleb's main area of research is the study of "black swans," which he defines as rare events that have a large impact and are typically not predictable. He argues that traditional risk assessment methods, such as using historical data to predict future events, are inadequate because they fail to consider the possibility of black swan events.
Taleb is also known for his criticism of the concept of "normalcy" in statistics and his skepticism of the use of mathematical models in finance and economics. He has argued that the assumptions made in these models are often unrealistic and can lead to dangerous oversimplifications.
In addition to his work in academia, Taleb is also a public intellectual and has written several books for a general audience. His books have been widely discussed and debated in the media and have been translated into multiple languages.
Taleb is a strong advocate for antifragility, a concept he has developed and popularized in his books. Antifragility is the property of a system or entity that improves when subjected to volatility, shocks, stressors, or disorder and doesn't just remain indifferent to them.
Taleb's writing style is often characterized as provocative and contrarian, and he is known for his strong opinions on a wide range of topics. His work has been influential in the fields of economics, finance, and risk management and has also been discussed in the broader cultural and intellectual conversation.

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ruce Peltier, PhD, MBA is a Professor of Psychology and Ethics at the Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry in San Francisco, where he teaches dental students how to communicate effectively and coaches them through the stress of dental school. He also teaches in the Counseling Psychology program at the University of San Francisco.&nbsp;
Bruce is a 1970 graduate of West Point with additional training at Stanford, USC, Wayne State in Detroit, the Kennedy Center for Ethics at Georgetown, and the University of the Pacific.&nbsp;
He coaches executives, dentists, sales people, and university administrators in person and long-distance. Bruce is also available for team-building events and public speaking on topics related to psychology, coaching, and personal effectiveness in the workplace.

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Ryan Deiss is an American digital marketer, speaker, bestselling author, and founder of multiple companies. He is best known as the world’s leading digital marketer by Shark Tank star Daymond John. Ryan is also the creator of the "Customer Value Optimization" methodology and has introduced and popularized many digital selling strategies. Ryan is the bestselling author of Digital Marketing For Dummies and the Invisible Selling Machine.
Ryan attended the University of Texas to pursue his Bachelor's in Corporate Communications, which he completed in 2003. As a college student, he launched his first e-book-selling website and generated his first sale from his freshman dorm room. By the time Ryan graduated, his online property had ballooned to 500, and a hobby had grown into a real business.
Ryan, who first launched his web-based business from his college in 1999, founded over 40 different businesses in markets such as health and beauty, survival and preparedness, DIY crafts and home improvement, investing and finance, chemical and liquid filter manufacturing, business lending, online skills training, and menswear, to name a few.
Fast forward to the present day, Ryan is the Founder and CEO of DigitalMarketer.com and the Founder and Managing Partner of NativeCommerce.com, a digital media and ecommerce group. His business, DigitalMarketer, is the top supplier of training and certifications in digital marketing. More than 15,000 paying members and more than 500,000 subscribers make up its community.
Ryan is also the founder and host of the Traffic &amp; Conversion Summit, the largest digital marketing conversion conference in North America. He is also a well-known speaker who has appeared on stage alongside notable business figures and personalities, including Dave Ramsey, Gary Vaynerchuk, Tim Ferris, Daymond John, and William Shatner.
Ryan’s RivalBrands.com hosts hundreds of websites, including MakeupTutorials.com, DIYProjects.com, SurvivalLife.com, and Sewing.com. He is also the Founder and CEO of The Scalable Company, a platform to help entrepreneurs build their operating systems to scale their businesses.
Ryan is the author of multiple books, including Digital Marketing For Dummies, Invisible Selling Machine, 13 Ways to Hack Facebook Ads: A Digital Marketer Hack Guide, Marketing digital Pour les Nuls, nelle éd. (French Edition). Ryan is married to Emily. He is a proud father of four children, Jonathan, Joyce, Ruth, and Timothy.

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Chet Richards was a close associate of the late US Air Force Colonel John R. Boyd from the mid-1970s until Boyd s death in 1997. Boyd had asked him to review the mathematical portions of his first civilian paper, Destruction, and Creation, and this led to a collaboration that eventually included applications to the business world.
Chet Richards's career began at the Pentagon in 1971 and has included employment with Northrop, the professional services company CACI in Washington, DC, and Lockheed. A consultant since 1999, he has maintained his practice in strategy for business, marketing, and communications through Tarkenton &amp; Addams, Inc., a public relations firm in Atlanta, GA.
Chet is the author of several publications, all involving applications of Boyd s strategies. His most recent, A Swift, Elusive Sword, addresses how we can re-fashion the US Defense Department to defend ourselves against the types of non-traditional enemies we will likely face in the 21st Century. It was published by the Centers for Defense Information shortly before 9/11, has been translated into Russian, and is now in its second printing.&nbsp;
He has lectured on this subject to commercial organizations in the US and abroad, including the US Army Command and Staff College and the Air War College. He is the only person to have delivered Boyd s Patterns of Conflict since Boyd s death. Chet is also a retired colonel in the US Air Force Reserve, where he served for many years as the Reserve Air Attaché to Saudi Arabia. Prior to that, he was a reservist on the Air Staff in Washington, where he built computer models of fighter aircraft effectiveness. He was commissioned in 1969 through the Army ROTC program at the University of Mississippi.
Chet and his wife, Ginger, live in Atlanta, where, in addition to their work with Tarkenton &amp; Addams, they build custom websites to support the marketing communications needs of their clients. They also own and operate two sites devoted to John Boyd s strategic legacy, Defense and the National Interest (http://www.d-n-i.net) and Belisarius.com (http://www.belisarius.com.) They have two daughters who, as this is written, are both in graduate school in Georgia and one very overweight cat.

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Put away your blueprints, because problem-solving is best learned by doing. This entertaining book uses classic examples to teach you how to become a better problem solver.&nbsp;
Who could resist a book that explores thinking in terms of crossword puzzles and the brain as an especially demanding customer?&nbsp;
This fascinating gem from 1982 was the first to explore Structured Thinking. If a novice or a veteran, start off with this powerful little book for insights on how to make your way through difficult problems.

David Heinemeier Hansson is a Danish programmer, entrepreneur, and writer. He is best known as the creator of the popular web development framework Ruby on Rails, which revolutionized the way web applications are built. He is also the founder and CTO of the web application company 37signals, which developed Basecamp, Highrise, and Campfire.
Heinemeier Hansson was born in Aarhus, Denmark. He studied computer science at Aarhus University but dropped out after two years to pursue a career in programming. After a few months of freelancing, he created the development framework Ruby on Rails, which he released in 2004. The framework quickly gained popularity and is now used by millions of web developers.
Heinemeier Hansson is also the co-founder and CTO of 37signals, a web application company that he founded with Jason Fried and Carlos Segura in 1999. The company has developed popular web applications like Basecamp, Highrise, and Campfire. Heinemeier Hansson is now focused on the development of Basecamp, which is a project management tool used by millions of people.
In addition to his programming and entrepreneurial work, Heinemeier Hansson is also a prolific writer. He has written several programming and web development books, including Rails 4 in Action and Getting Real. He is also an active blogger and speaker and regularly talks at conferences worldwide.
Heinemeier Hansson is an active philanthropist and environmentalist. He has donated to a variety of causes, including the WWF and the Copenhagen Climate Council. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Danish Refugee Council.
In 2011, Heinemeier Hansson became the first Dane ever to be awarded the Hans Christian Andersen Award for his programming and web development contributions. He is also an honorary professor at Aarhus University, where he was a student before leaving to pursue his career.
Heinemeier Hansson is a passionate advocate for open source software development and is a regular contributor to open source projects. He is also a vocal advocate for reducing the environmental impact of the tech industry and is a member of the Board of Directors of the Copenhagen Climate Council. He is a strong believer in the power of technology to make the world a better place and is often quoted as saying “Technology is the most powerful tool we have to address the world’s problems.”

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In 'Are Your Lights On?' Donald C. Gause emphasizes the importance of understanding the real problem before trying to solve it. He suggests that we often rush into solutions without fully understanding what we're dealing with. So, take a step back, research and explore the issue at hand before jumping to conclusions.

Understanding the Real Problem

The book highlights that problem-solving is a skill that can be developed and improved. It's not just about finding a solution, but about how you approach the problem, how you analyze it, and how you implement the solution. So, don't be afraid to practice and improve this skill.

Problem Solving is a Skill

Gause points out that everyone sees problems from their own perspective. This means that what seems like a problem to one person might not be a problem to another. It's crucial to consider different perspectives when trying to solve a problem. So, next time you're stuck, try to see the problem from a different angle.

The Importance of Perspective

In 'Are Your Lights On?' you'll find that problems are not always negative. In fact, they can be opportunities for growth and improvement. So, instead of getting frustrated with a problem, see it as a chance to learn something new and make things better.

Problems are Opportunities

The author stresses the importance of communication in problem-solving. It's not enough to come up with a solution, you also need to communicate it effectively. This means listening to others, expressing your ideas clearly, and being open to feedback. So, next time you're faced with a problem, remember to communicate.

The Value of Communication

Are Your Lights On?

Donald C. Gause is a Principal of Savile Row, LLC, as well as Bartle Professor in Systems Science at the Thomas J. Watson School of Engineering, SUNY/Binghamton. Don Gause has worked as an engineer and computer programmer and has managed engineering, programming, and education groups with General Motors and IBM. He has been active as a consultant and professor for the past thirty-one years and, during this time, has served as an adjunct member of IBM's Systems Research Institute (SRI), Quality Institute (QI), and Manufacturing Technology Institute (MTI).
He has served as a visiting scholar and has lectured at many universities and institutes around the world, has been an associate editor of the International Journal of Cybernetics and Systems, and has served as a national lecturer for a number of professional societies. Mr. Gause's consulting and research interests include the management of innovation within large organizations, designing user-oriented systems, developing and analyzing systems design processes, and designing, modeling, and simulating complex systems.
He has consulted with many firms, including AT&amp;T, American Cyanamid, AmroBank/Netherlands, Bank of America, Boeing, Booz Allen &amp; Hamilton, Citicorp, Corning Glass, First Chicago, GE, GTE, Grattan Warehouses, Interface GmbH, IBM, ITT, Kaiser Permanente, KnowledgeWare, Lubrizol, Maryland National Bank, Medtronic, Microsoft, Northern Telecom, Moret &amp; Limperg, Procter and Gamble, Ralston Purina, Rabobank/Netherlands, Rockwell International, Rolls Royce, Sandoz Pharmaceuticals, SEMATECH, Softlab GmbH, Urwick Dynamics Ltd., Wells Fargo, and Westinghouse.&nbsp;
Mr. Gause is the author (with Gerald M. Weinberg) of Are Your Lights On? and Exploring Requirements: Quality Before Design.

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