20 Things You May (or May Not) Want to Know About Me

1. It’s not about me…it’s about you. Or more precisely it’s about us and how we work together and collaborate in a mindful way to create useful solutions.
2. I think that collaboration leads to the most creative ideas. 20 minds “plussing” each other’s ideas always come up with a better solution than one thinking in isolation.
3. I’m pretty sure that work should be fun. Play at work…don’t work at work!
4. My main influences: Randy Nelson, Ed Catmull, and John Lasseter at Pixar.
5. My favorite quote (and words I try to live my life by): “Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible” – The Dalai Lama
6. I’m a dog person.
7. I used to be an Agile evangelist…now I’m a pragmatist.
8. Speaking of evangelists, I’m all about creating customer evangelists. An excited customer is what it’s all about right?
9. I love SCUBA diving. It heightens my senses like nothing else in the world.
10. Some of my other influences: Ben McConnell, Jackie Huba, Guy Kawasaki, Garr Reynolds, Dave Bouwman, Nancy Duarte, Seth Godin, Tim Ferriss, Jean Tabaka, and anyone who ever failed miserably at something, got back up and tried again!
11. Think and live the Zen life. Less is better…in everything.
12. I satisfy my endorphin addiction by cycling, running, and surfing.
13. I’ve had more jobs than I can count and I’ve learned something from every one of them.
14. I love to play with my kids. They have unbridled energy and huge amounts of creativity that they unleash at will. They are my biggest motivation to do “cool” things.
15. On creativity: “Creativity doesn’t follow titles; it comes from where it comes from.” – Ed Catmull
16. My wife is my world. She’s quieter than me, but when she talks, it’s always meaningful and she affects me in a way that no one else does.
17. Why EdgeHopper? It’s an homage to Seth Godin’s idea of edgecraft.
18. Helping out and doing more with your gifts and natural talents is essential to living a good life. Stamp out hunger, poverty, and suffering wherever you can.  I believe we are all on this planet together, and together, we can make a difference if we’d all do even the smallest good thing.
19. I live in Fort Collins, Colorado…but I’ve been all over the planet and seen amazing things everywhere.
20. I’m always interested…in everything.