In memory of Sir Ken Robinson PhD...
When I first drafted this post the feelings were a bit raw, and then time slipped away as it often does. There are people who impact your life in profound ways. So profound, they send you on a trajectory you never expected to go. In my life, there was Mrs. Fisher, my 6th grade English teacher. She introduced me to Piers Anthony's Xanth series — because she knew I was forever making puns and would love entering his world of fantasy. There was Mr. Joseph McCoy, middle school Enhanced Learning Program teacher who introduced me to brainstorming and design thinking before they were cool. In college, Dr. Michael Pause forced me out of the machine shop and made me design for future materials and manufacturing techniques and not just current limitations. Then, Frank Hughes, Director of [TC]2 who saw a potential in me and cultivated my passion for sales engineering and solution selling. These teachers, coaches and mentors all helped lay a foundation on which to build my career. The directi...