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Experts Sketch

May 3, 2017 By brenda_michelson

I think best with a marker in my hand. Always have. My workspace, and all paths to and from it, are littered with box and line diagrams, doodles, code snippets, and my (at that moment) best idea ever, on any scrap of paper, notebook or whiteboard within reach. Quirky, my friends think. But, I’m far […]

Filed Under: thinking, visualization

Lessons from Critical Making: Thingking

April 10, 2017 By brenda_michelson

As technology and data increasingly pervade our everyday, technologists and teams are incorporating new practices, especially design thinking, as a means to deliver digital products, services and experience that fit. The person. The situation. The system. Teams responsible for these new digital endeavors and transformations often model their practices on elite technology companies, fast moving […]

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Archives: Making the case for polymaths

January 19, 2017 By brenda_michelson

[Note: Originally published on my business technology blog, elemental links, March 2014.] Not everyone can be a specialist, and that’s a good thing. Four good sources on why we still need polymaths (generalists, versatility) in an age of increasing specialization, and complexity. For natural polymaths, check out the bonus link on Maya Angelou, and then […]

Filed Under: polymath

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Brenda Michelson

Technology architect with an integrative view woven from a wide range of influences.

Based in Maine.

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Go learn something (traditionally) unrelated to your work, life.

Watch it weave into -- and fortify -- your worldview.

— brenda m. michelson (@bmichelson) November 22, 2017

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